Securing and protecting enterprise data is at the center of the modern security plan. There are many considerations for organizations that aim to move critical workloads and data stores to the cloud, and understanding how business-critical data will be accessed, stored, and secured is a paramount concern. Written by Chris Steffen.
In an exclusive research study conducted for IBM, Enterprise Management Associates recently polled over 200 technical leaders and practitioners from organizations of 500 employees or more. They represented industries from 10 different verticals, providing an excellent cross-section of organizations, all impacted by data privacy and security in different ways.
Some key takeaways from the study include:
- Data Security: Nearly all of those surveyed (95.1%) indicated that data security is a critical or very important factor in their organizations
- Zero Trust: In this survey, 73% of organizations were investigating or planning to launch a zero trust project
- Security Tools: Of organizations surveyed, 64% report that two or more of their tools are at least somewhat redundant, and 75% currently use three or more tools to secure their hybrid multi-cloud environments
- Security Silos: While 56% of respondents said that they are working to break down barriers
For more follow the link to the full article. Good read!
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