This study covers the spending and buying behavior of financial services institutions (FSIs) throughout the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ region. Using data from the annual Continuum 2005 Survey conducted by IDC, this study focuses on the security and business continuity services aspects that affect today's IT corporate planners.

• In This Study
  • Methodology
• Situation Overview
  • Breaking the Bank
  • Table: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Threats to Financial Services Institutions (%)
    • Application Threats
    • Content Threats
    • Network Threats
    • Banking Balance: Convenience Versus Security
  • Financial Services Institutions IT Security Spending
    • Implementation Spending
    • Figure: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) IT Security Spending by Vertical Industry
      • Upgrading
      • Transformation
    • Hardware, Software, and Services
    • Figure: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Financial Services Institution External Spending in Security on Hardware, Software, and Services, 2004
      • Software
      • Hardware
      • Services
    • Regulations and Compliance
    • Figure: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Financial Services Institutions Top Reasons for Security Spending
      • Highly Regulated
      • Complex Compliance
      • Opportunity for Efficiencies?
    • Business Continuity
    • Figure: IT Security and Business Continuity Organizing Taxonomy
    • Figure: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) IT Security and Business Continuity by Vertical Industry
      • Where Is the Data?
    • Who Is Popular in Security?
    • Table: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Financial Services Institutions Top Mentioned IT Security Vendors (%)
      • Software Vendors
• Future Outlook
• Table: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) IT Services by Vertical Industry, 2004-2009 (US$000)
  • Security Solutions Spending
  • Table: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Spending Changes for Security Solutions, 2005/2004 (%)
  • Table: IDC's 10 Strategic Banking Initiatives
  • Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Security Services, 2005-2009
• Essential Guidance
• Learn More
  • Related Research
  • Synopsis