This Canada study provides insight into the security opportunity in the Canadian midmarket. This document provides valuable insights, predictions, and prescriptions regarding midmarket firms' behaviour and intentions regarding IT security.

• In This Study
• Situation Overview
  • Security Not Among Immediate IT Requirements in Midmarket
  • Figure: Medium-Sized Firms' Short-Term IT Investment Priorities
  • Figure: Decline of IT Security as a Top Priority at Medium-Sized Firms, 2Q05?1Q06
  • Figure: Security Products in Place at Medium-Sized Firms
  • Figure: Security Breaches at Medium-Sized Firms
  • Figure: Amount of Targeted Attacks on Smaller Firms by Industry
  • Midmarket Firms Take Tactical Approach to IT Security
  • Figure: Medium-Sized Firms' Top IT Security Issue
  • Figure: Medium-Sized Firms' IT Security Issues
    • IT Security Is Part of Broader Risk Management
    • Figure: Medium-Sized Firms' Approach to IT Security Issues by Number of Employees: Separate Issues or Broad Program
    • Figure: Medium-Sized Firms' IT Security Focus
    • Figure: Medium-Sized Firms' Security-Related Information Sources by Number of Employees
    • Figure: Medium-Sized Firms' Security Vendor Trust Ratings by Number of Employees
• Future Outlook
  • Midmarket IT Security Opportunity Rising
  • Figure: Medium-Sized Firms' Percentage of IT Budget Spent on IT Security
  • Figure: Medium-Sized Firms' IT Security Purchasing Plans in the Next 12 Months
  • Figure: Medium-Sized Firms' IT Security Software Spending, 2006?2010
  • Figure: Medium-Sized Firms' IT Security Services Outsourcing Plans
• Essential Guidance
  • Vendors Selling Security Must Change Midmarket Thinking from Tactical to Strategic
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  • Related Research
  • Synopsis