SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, released the results of a survey on IT security and compliance that emphasize the growing need for powerful and easy-to-use security products focused on the key security concerns plaguing the majority of IT professionals. The top IT security responsibilities, concerns and priorities revealed that securing today’s IT infrastructure will take a concerted and coordinated effort across all IT functions. Learn more.

1. SolarWinds Survey Reveals:
Complex Security Tools are a
Major Obstacle to Securing IT
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2. Introduction
SolarWinds recently The Agenda
conducted a survey on IT
» Respondents – Who did we
Security and Compliance survey?
with participation from over » Results – What did they say?
160 IT professionals. » Summary – What should you
watch out for?
We received some great
» Key Takeaway – What does the
insight into the IT security survey mean to you?
challenges faced by » Recommendation – What can
organizations. you do?
Here are the facts…!!
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3. Whom did we Survey? 1
160+ Respondents
Worldwide
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4. What are the top IT Security Concerns? 2
Top IT Security Concerns in Organizations
Top 3 IT Security Concerns
1. Data loss
2. External threats
3. Cloud security and privacy
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5. What are the Top IT Security Priorities? 3
Top IT Security Priorities in Organizations
Top 3 IT Security Priorities
1. Data loss
2. Endpoint Security
3. In correct / Unauthorized
Device Configuration
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6. How Prepared are Organizations? 4
Compared to last year, how prepared are organizations
to respond to IT security challenges?
Nearly 50% of organizations feel they are not yet fully ready
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7. More Survey Results
 Growing need for powerful and
easy-to-use security products
focused on key security concerns
plaguing the majority of IT
professionals
Interested to see more
 86% of IT pros working on security survey results?
were not security specialists
 49% of respondents spent 40% or Click Here
more of their time on IT security
and compliance
 7% of IT pros had security as their
full-time job
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8. What Should You Watch Out For?
» The top five security and compliance responsibilities
1. Managing networks
2. Security infrastructure – firewalls, IDS/IPS, endpoint
3. Servers
4. Data exchange – email, file transfer, websites
5. Desktops and mobile devices (a tie)
» The top three IT security and compliance concerns
1. Data loss
2. External threats
3. Cloud security and privacy
» The No. 1 security priority is preventing Data Loss
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9. What Does The Survey Mean to You?
» This is the right time to revisit your security closet and check
if you have enough ammo to prevent security threats.
» You need to be able to
 Know what threats you are up against – internal or external
 Identify threats in real-time
 Take preventative action in real-time
 Analyze the sources and causes of threats
 Ensure to pre-empt threats from known sources
 Ensure proper compliance with organizational and federal IT security
policies
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10. Recommendations
» Analyze all the threats and increasing sources and means of IT security
attacks
» Prepare a security checklist to see if you’ve got your IT infrastructure and
corporate confidential data covered in all areas of the IT landscape
» Evaluate your options for instituting the best solution to address the security
concerns in different areas of IT management
» Some key areas that you need to equip yourself are:
 Log and Event Management
 Firewall Security Management
 Network Change & Configuration Management
 Endpoint Vulnerability Management
 Endpoint Data Loss Preventions
» You can read more from this IT Security Management Checklist
whitepaper IT Security Whitepaper: 9 Key Recommendations to Keep Your
Network Safe
Management Checklist
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11. Thank You!
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