Report: Plugging Data Leaks Is High Priority
By Lisa Vaas | Posted 2007-03-05
A new survey finds that 90 percent of companies plan to implement new technology to secure electronic copies of intellectual property in the coming year.
In the wake of incidents such as TJX's potentially massive loss of data to theft, reported in January, it shouldn't come as a surprise to find that 90 percent of companies plan to plug in new technology to secure electronic copies of intellectual property in the coming year.
That was one finding of a report from Enterprise Strategy Group, issued on March 5, entitled "Intellectual Property Rules." ESG surveyed 112 organizations, each with more than 1,000 employees, for the report.
One of the findings that surprised ESG was how big the IP problem is, according to Eric Ogren, a security analyst for ESG.