Research and Markets: 2011 Trends to Watch: Security

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6fe0ec/2011_trends_to_wat) has announced the addition of the “2011 Trends to Watch: Security” report to their offering.

Security needs are growing fast. Business faces a large-scale and well-resourced criminal network. Additionally there is a growing threat of cyber espionage and a need to meet ever more stringent compliance benchmarks. At the same time, businesses are becoming more inherently vulnerable through the greater use of automated collaborative processes, and more flexible and mobile workforces.

Scope of this research:

 
• Understand how the security priorities are changing for businesses Understand what you need to do to maintain and improve your security posture Research and analysis highlights;

 

• Enterprises face a pincer movement between the demands of regulatory compliance and the threats that are present in the cyber environment. Cloud services add their own particular challenges to this picture. We see examples, such as banking, where enterprises are turning to their customers to help provide security to the business environment.

 

Key reasons to purchase this research:

What are the current trends in security provision and need How is the industry responding to these needs

Key Topics Covered:

BUSINESS TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGY ENABLERS

 
• Security technologies are focused horizontally

 

COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS PLACE ADDITIONAL BURDENS ON SECURITY

 
• Meeting existing requirements

 

• Emerging requirements

 

CLOUD SERVICES BRING NEW SECURITY CHALLENGES

 
• The challenges

 

• The response

 

• Security requirements

 

VIRTUALIZATION BRINGS BOTH OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR IMPROVING SECURITY

 
• Virtualization on the server

 

• End-point virtualization

 

ENTERPRISES SUCH AS BANKS ARE PROVIDING SECURITY FOR USERS OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION

 
• Partnership between entities becomes real

 

• Online banking customers receive help from their banks

 

• Service providers can deliver clean-pipe protection for their customers

 

THE HOLISTIC VIEW OFFERS HOPE FOR IMPROVED SECURITY

 
• The security industry has to collaborate more than the attackers do

 

• Technology has to be agile

 

THE RANGE OF THREATS CONTINUES TO GROW

 
• Defenders continue to be hampered by not knowing when they are attacked

 

• State-sponsored cyber attacks are now a threat to the commercial world

 

DEMAND FOR SECURITY ON EMBEDDED DEVICES IS GROWING

 
• The embedded security market is being driven by smart phones

 

• Concern is increasing around the use of process-control chips

 

RECOMMENDATIONS

 
• Recommendations for enterprises

 

• Recommendations for vendors

 

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6fe0ec/2011_trends_to_wat.

Source: Ovum

Dec 2, 2010