In today’s global and always-on business environment, organizations are racing to adopt new technologies to enhance productivity and reduce costs, such as mobile devices, cloud computing, and collaborative Web 2.0 technologies. A new study by the Ponemon Institute and commissioned by Lumension, Worldwide State of the Endpoint Survey 2010, found that many organizations are struggling to adapt to changing endpoint security environment, resulting in greater risk to sensitive corporate and personal data. Insufficient budget allocations, poor collaboration between IT operations and security, and a lack of C-level support for security initiatives cited among reasons for shortcomings.

Key findings:

? 56% of individuals surveyed said mobile devices are not secure, representing a risk to data security;

? 49% of individuals surveyed said data security is not a strategic initiative for their company;

? 48% of individuals surveyed said their companies have allocated insufficient resources to achieve effective data security and regulatory compliance;

? 47% of individuals cited a lack of strong CEO support for information security efforts as a reason for ineffective data security programs; and,

? 41% of individuals said there was a lack of proactive security risk management in their organization.

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