Symantec 2011 Encryption Flash Poll Global Results

2011 Enterprise Encryption Trends SurveyGlobal Data

Methodology• Survey Performed by Applied Research• 1,575 organizations worldwide• Mid-market and Enterprise (500 employees or more)• C-level, tactical management, strategic management• Cross-industry 2

Key Findings• Encryption use growing rapidly but fragmented• Use of encryption in rogue projects• Concerns about key management• Encryption point product issues costing enterprises 3

Encryption Use Growing Rapidly• 48% of enterprises increased their use of encryption over past two years• 43% of data is encrypted at some point in its lifecycle• Typical organization has 5 different encryption solutions deployed

Use of Encryption in Rogue Projects• One third say unapproved encryption somewhat to extremely frequent• Half have seen serious issues with encryption keys – 34% have lost a key – 32% have had a key fail – 26% had former employees who refused to return keys

Concerns About Key Management• 40% less than somewhat confident they can retrieve keys• 39% less than somewhat confident they can protect against disgruntled employees

Encryption Point Product Issues Costing Enterprises• All incurred costs from encryption key issues: – 48% report inability to meet compliance requests – 42% report fines due to inability to respond to eDiscovery requests – 41% report inability to access important business information – 39% report brand damage – 34% report having to expend IT resources• Average loss: $124,965

Recommendations• Understand and anticipate the lifecycle for encryption processes• Plan a data recovery process that meets your organization’s needs• Build a plan for consistent enterprise-wide encryption and key management• Encrypt assets before a data breach• Anticipate the need to encrypt data stored outside of the enterprise

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