Business Data Loss Survey results released

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Mongezi Mtati

Cibecs, a locally developed enterprise-class data backup and recovery solution for data on laptops and desktops, has released its annual Business Data Loss Survey. The 2012 edition is published in conjunction with IDG Connect. The free report highlights the move to mobile devices and the rise in importance of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) to businesses and enterprises the world over.

The report draws on a respondent base of over 200 organisations geographical split into 48.7% African, 27.2% North American, 18% EU and 5.6% in Asia. Nearly 40% of survey participants worked for organisations with over 1000 PC users.

Apart from useful statistics, threats and trends for enterprise endpoint data security, the report discusses key problem areas in detail, while examples of real data loss incidents at company's (such as Sony) further aids IT professionals and business executives alike to put a rand value to the risks they are exposed to.

For more, download the survey (2.20MB) or go to www.cibecs.com.