IBM released results from a survey of nearly 300 information technology (IT) decision makers on their companies' endpoint security initiatives. The study revealed that 90 percent of business leaders are investing in resources to better manage the security of their endpoints, including servers, PCs and laptops. Over half of those surveyed are also extending security to smartphones and other instrumented devices, with plans to increase spending in this area.
The survey results indicate organizations today are facing an evolving landscape, with new computing endpoints being added to their network every day. Not only must they manage the security of PCs and laptops, but they must also keep up with demands to secure the influx of smartphones and other instrumented devices interacting with their corporate infrastructure.
Key findings include:
-- Although 73 percent of business leaders surveyed currently allow nontraditional endpoints, such as mobile devices or tablets, to connect to their corporate networks; 36 percent feel that these devices are not adequately protected and would like to see their companies invest more in managing the security of smartphones, POS systems and other smart devices.
-- Nearly 40 percent of those surveyed indicated that their company is planning to increase their investment in security to manage and protect nontraditional endpoints.
-- 80 percent of respondents expect their organization to add new endpoints to their network in 2011.
-- While the vast majority (72 percent) of respondents say that PCs and laptops are the endpoints which pose the greatest danger to their firm's IT security; smartphones and tablets are viewed as a growing threat.
-- 33 percent of all respondents acknowledged that the inability to have visibility into all of their endpoints is their greatest security concern.
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