53% of German companies had one or more data breaches in the last 12 months

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8117

53% of German companies had one or more data breaches in the last 12 months
Posted on 17 September 2009.

PGP Corporation announced the results from The Ponemon Institute's third 
annual study on encryption usage in the enterprise - The 2009 Annual 
Study: German Enterprise Encryption Trends.

This year's study surveyed 490 IT and security practitioners, 27 percent 
of whom hold positions at managerial level or higher, and identifies the 
trends in enterprise encryption planning strategies, budgeting and 
spending, deployment methodologies and impact on data breach incidents.

The fundamental conclusion on the basis of study participants' responses 
is that data protection is a significant problem in Germany. Fifty-three 
percent of all companies and organisations suffered at least one instance 
of data loss during the past twelve months, representing an increase of 
over 55 percent on the figure for 2008 (34 percent).

Other study conclusions:

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