Thomas Raschke, program manager of IDC's European security products and strategies research, said in the report that European businesses are starting to realise "a holistic approach to security is not just nice to have, but paramount for survival...
NetApp executives said the Decru acquisition will augment the company's existing security assets, particularly in the area of data encryption, and pointed to the recent raft of well-publicised incidents of theft and breaches of consumer data as...
As we begin to move away from the most recent downturn, the storage software market is enjoying the positive effects of data centres, which are investing heavily to secure, manage and protect their digital assets," John McArthur, an analyst at IDC...
This technology lets organisations demonstrate that effective controls have been placed on who can access valuable assets, enabling them to prove they are protecting their data and meeting the compliance mandates imposed on them.
Nor does there seem much opportunity in the regulations laid down by the Basel II accounting standard and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which sets standards for protecting consumers' personal information.
The Financial Services Authority fined Norwich Union £1.26m in December for failing to manage customer-data adequately. Mike Maddison, head of security and privacy services at Deloitte, said: "The issue of protecting the privacy of sensitive data...