SECURITY PRIORITIES

2018
Exploring security roles and technologies that keep the
enterprise functioning.
 Purpose and Methodology

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 More Likely to See Separate Security
Organization in Enterprise Businesses

Security is a IT and security are managed

standalone department together as one department/function

88%

61%
39%

12%

Enterprise SMB Enterprise SMB

Q. How is the security function handled at your company?

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 Zero Trust & Blockchain
Top New Security Activity
Zero trust technologies 42% 10% 8% 5% 35%

Blockchain 39% 7% 7% 4% 42%

Behavior monitoring & analysis 38% 15% 19% 9% 19%

Cloud data protection 38% 13% 22% 7% 20%

Big data analytics 36% 16% 16% 7% 25%

Cloud access security brokers 36% 12% 12% 5% 35%

Cloud-based cybersecurity services 34% 15% 20% 6% 24%

Security intelligence services 33% 11% 24% 10% 22%

Micro-segmentation 31% 11% 11% 5% 43%

Data discovery solutions 30% 14% 22% 7% 27%

Biometrics 30% 9% 17% 6% 38%

On my radar or actively researching Piloting In production Upgrading/refining Not interested

Q. Which option best describes your current activity for each of the following security solutions and services?

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 Security Budgets Continue to Rise

Remain
the same
46% Increase
Enterprise 38% 52%
SMB 53% Enterprise 60%
SMB 45%

Decrease 2%
Enterprise 2%
SMB 3%

Q. Will your overall security budget increase, decrease or remain the same in the next 12 months compared to the past 12 months?

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 Best Practices & Compliance
Fuel Security Spending
Best practices 74%

Compliance mandates 69%

Responding to a security incident that

happened in your organization 36%

Mandates from the Board of Directors 33%

Responding to a security incident that

happened in another organization 29%

Responding to a security incident that happened

in a business partner organization 22%

Partner mandates 22%

Q. Which of the following factors help determine the priority of your security spending?

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 Opportunistic Solutions Show Split Involvement

Q. Which department holds primary responsibility for each of the following IT security areas? (showing the top opportunistic technologies from slide 21)

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 Compliance & External Threats Continue
to Eat-Away at Strategic Efforts
Meeting governance & compliance regulations 32%
Cyber threats from outside the organization/APTs, DDoS 28%
Employee awareness and cooperation issues 23%
Budgetary constraints/demonstrating ROI 22%
Ensuring customer privacy confidentiality 18%
Shadow IT 16%
Cyber threats from inside the organization/Insider threats 16%
Security around technology as a service/cloud computing 15%
Addressing security risks in disruptive technologies 15%
Managing security/addressing risks around mobile devices, BYOD 15%
Institutional silos 14%
Employee retention/hiring enough skilled workers 14%

Q. What security-related challenges are most often forcing you to redirect your time and focus away from more strategic tasks?

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