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Ipswitch Study Reveals IT Pros' Woes with Security and Compliance AuditsIpswitch announced the findings of a security and compliance survey that highlights the difficulties IT teams face when preparing for compliance audits. The survey polled 313 IT professionals in United States with 59 percent noting that they were not fully prepared to undergo an audit. Additionally, an astonishing 75 percent of respondents lacked confidence that colleagues authorized to work with sensitive information are adequately protecting it. When asked what they would be willing to do instead of a compliance audit, nearly half of all respondents (46 percent) would either undergo a root canal procedure, work over the holidays, live without electricity for a week or eat a live jellyfish. Survey findings indicate: IT professionals are unprepared for audits and lack confidence in user security
Compliance audits are disruptive and consume significant IT resources
"The regulatory guidelines in financial services, healthcare and other high-risk industries demand full transparency and protection of critical business data across the borderless enterprise. Even with this in mind, our survey indicates a remarkable lack of preparedness and confidence on the part of IT pros to pass an audit today," said Jeff Loeb, Chief Marketing Officer at Ipswitch (News - Alert). "Fortunately, IT pros can take the pain out of an audit by using a managed file transfer system like Ipswitch MOVEit to easily comply with data security regulations and protect data with centralized audit logs and reports for file transmission." The Ipswitch MOVEit™ managed file transfer system helps IT pros meet compliance in the following ways: Protect Data
Manage Data
Manage System Exposure
Ipswitch Compliance Survey Resources
About Ipswitch Ipswitch helps solve complex IT problems with simple solutions. The company's software has been installed on more than 150,000 networks spanning 168 countries to monitor networks, applications and servers, and securely transfer files between systems, business partners and customers. Ipswitch was founded in 1991 and is based in Lexington, Massachusetts with offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America. For more information, visit www.ipswitch.com. Ipswitch and MOVEit are registered trademarks of Ipswitch, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
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