[October 01, 2007]

Data Leakage Among the Global 2000 Causes a Spike in Planned Adoption of Outbound Content Compliance (OCC) Solutions, According to TheInfoPro (TIP)

NEW YORK --(Business Wire)-- TheInfoPro (TIP), www.theinfopro.net, an independent research network and leading supplier of market intelligence for the Information Technology (IT) industry, today announced that Outbound Content Compliance solutions jumped ahead five spots on its Technology Heat Index - from #10 in Wave 8, six months ago, to #5 in Wave 9 - and was ranked as the #1 Infrastructure Security technology. TheInfoPro's Technology Heat Index(R) gauges the immediacy of user needs and planned spending for over 40 Information Security technologies.

To view a rich media presentation of findings, visit: http://www.brainshark.com/theinfopro/infosec-pr1

According to TIP's Wave 9 Information Security Study - which details technology adoption trends and timeframes, management techniques, and vendor performance data for the Information Security industry - 10% of F1000 organizations interviewed plan to install OCC solutions within the next six months and an additional 12% anticipate adopting these technologies by the third quarter of 2008. To meet their needs, the majority of organizations are turning to Vontu, which is the most frequently cited in use and in plan provider among interviewees. Fortune 1000 organizations mentioned Vontu as their provider more than twice as often as its closest competitor, Vericept. Other providers being considered include Websense, Verdasys, Tumbleweed, Cisco, Google, BorderWare and Microsoft.

"We have seen a recent shift in priorities where ensuring the security of an organization's critical data is top priority. Up until recently, the focus was on preventing breaches from the outside, but now there has been a growing concern to build up defenses from internal threats of data leakage," said Bill Trussell, TIP's Managing Director of Information Security Research. "As a result, there has been a significant increase in market demand to address infrastructure security from inside threats through technologies such as OCC. In fact, over 30 percent of the organizations we interviewed stated that they plan to spend more on these solutions - indicating a strong market and a great opportunity for these providers."

Over 150 Fortune 1000 end users were interviewed for the Wave 9 Security Study, providing commentary and insight on their security adoption plans, management strategies, and vendor performance. Information Security Technology providers that were mentioned throughout the study include: 3Com, ACS, ActivIdentity, Aladdin, AmbironTrustWave, Application Security, Inc., ASPG, Atos Origin, Attachmate, Authenex, Authentix, BearingPoint, Blue Coat, Blue Ridge Networks, BMC Software, BorederWare, Breach Security, Inc, Burton Group, Cenza, Cenzic, Cigital, Cipher Technologies, Citrix, Code Green, Courion, BRYPTOCard, CSC, Cyber-Ark, DigitalPersona, EDS, eEye, Entersys, F5 Networks, Fluke Networks, FoxT, F-Secure, Fujitsu Siemens, Gemalto, nCipher, Neohapsis, NeoScale, Nokia, N-Stalker, Open Source, Orange, Orchestria, Ounce Labs, PassGo, Passlogix, PC Guardian, PKWARE, Proofpoint, Protegrity, Rapid7, Reconnex, Red Hat, SafeNet, Safeward Inc., Sana Security, SAP, ScriptLogic, SECUDE IT Security, Sentillion, Siemens AG, Sophos, Stach & Liu, Tata, Third Brigade, TriCipher, Vanco, VASCO, WhiteHat Security, Wipro, ZixCorp

About TheInfoPro

TheInfoPro (TIP) is the only independent research network for the Information Technology (IT) industry. Through a peer network of over 900 of the world's largest buyers and users of IT, including Citigroup, FedEx, McGraw-Hill, MasterCard, Pfizer, Vodafone, PepsiCo, JPMorgan Chase, and Harvard University, TIP delivers detailed budget, vendor performance and technology roadmap data without spin or bias. Known as the "voice of the customer," TIP helps IT professionals, technology providers, and institutional investors make sound decisions on technologies, vendor relationships and investments. Founded in 2002 by alumni of Gartner, Giga, EMC, and Bell Labs, TIP is headquartered in New York City, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, and Boston. To learn more, visit www.theinfopro.net or call 1-212-672-0010.

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