This study covers the results of IDC's annual Enterprise Security Survey for 2005. The quantitative research focused on understanding the types, frequency, and nature of attacks on the enterprise network system, how enterprises respond to such attacks, and what sort of technology they have deployed and are intending to deploy to continue to improve the protection of their networks.

• In This Study
  • Methodology
    • Qualification and Sample Size
    • Table: Completed Interviews by Company Size
    • Table: Completed Interviews by Industry
• Situation Overview
  • Introduction: The Continuing Success of Attacks
  • Survey Findings
  • Figure: Number of Foiled and Successful Attacks in the Past 12 Months
  • Figure: Number of Foiled Attacks in the Past 12 Months by Company Size
  • Figure: Number of Successful Attacks in the Past 12 Months by Company Size
  • Table: Type of Attacks by Company Size (% of Respondents)
  • Table: Reactions to Attacks in Progress by Company Size (% of Respondents)
    • Sluggish Outsourcing
    • Figure: Security System Currently in Use by Company Size
    • Never-Ending Virus Threat
    • Figure: Top Threats to Enterprise Network Security
    • Figure: Greatest Threat to Enterprise Network Security by Company Size
  • Next Year's Challenges
  • Figure: Top Challenges to Enterprise Network Security in the Next 12 Months
  • Security Infrastructure: Policy, Deployments, and Spending
  • Figure: Existence of and Training in Formal, Documented Security Policy: 2004 and 2005 Survey Results
  • Figure: Greatest Security Challenge to Be Faced in the Next 12 Months by Company Size
  • Figure: Top 15 Security Technologies Deployed by Company Size
  • Figure: IT Security Budget by Company Size
• Future Outlook
• Figure: Uses for a Larger Security Budget by Company Size
• Figure: Top 10 Security Technologies Planned for Deployment in the Next 12 Months by Company Size
• Figure: Confidence Level in Enterprise Network Security System: 2004 and 2005 Survey Results
• Essential Guidance
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  • Related Research
  • Synopsis