Data Security: Did You Know?

• Linux experienced 12.7% year-over-year growth for the quarter while Windows only increased 3.2 percent. (Linux Adoption Survey: Third Annual Survey of World’s Largest Enterprise Linux Users)


• Linux is the dominant platform for cloud computing with nearly 76% using Linux servers for cloud. (Linux Adoption Survey: Third Annual Survey of World’s Largest Enterprise Linux Users)


• 73% of organizations use Linux for mission-critical workloads in 2013. (Linux Adoption Survey: Third Annual Survey of World’s Largest Enterprise Linux Users)


• 80% of the world’s largest enterprises plan to increase their use of Linux servers over the next five years. (Linux Adoption Survey: Third Annual Survey of World’s Largest Enterprise Linux Users)


• By the end of 2012 more than 90% of the Fortune 500 will likely have at least some big data initiatives under way. (Deloitte Report: Technology, Media and Telecommunications Predictions 2012)


• 26% of organizations do not use database encryption on databases that contain sensitive information. (InfoWeek Report: Why NoSQL Equals NoSecurity)


• Only 36% of organizations are confident in their ability to properly manage encryption keys so data can be recovered as needed. (InfoWeek Report: 2012 Data Encryption Survey)


• Encryption is one of the most effective ways to achieve regulatory compliance. (InfoWeek Report: 2012 Strategic Security Survey)


• The growing number of virtual images, cloud instances, servers, mobile devices and other connected systems in the enterprise has created an explosion of keys, certificates and other information objects. (451 Report: Gazzang Launches Custodian Vault as a Service to Contain Key, Security Material Sprawl)


• 14% of all 2011 breaches were caused by compromised database servers. (InfoWeek Report: Why NoSQL Equals NoSecurity)


• In cases where encryption is performed inside the enterprise, more than 50% of organizations still hand control of the keys to their cloud provider. (Ponemon/Thales Survey)


• By 2015, 30% of enterprise user authentication implementations will incorporate adaptive access control capabilities. Up from less than 5% today. (Gartner Magic Quadrant for User Authentication)


• By 2017, more than 50% of enterprises will choose cloud-based services for user authentication. Up from less than 10% today. (Gartner Magic Quadrant for User Authentication)


• Fewer than 1/3 of organizations have implemented encryption at the database level. (InfoWeek Report: 2012 Data Encryption Survey)


• 49% of organizations are somewhat or very concerned about managing big data, but 38 percent don't understand what big data is and a further 27% say they have a partial understanding. (LogLogic/Echelon One Report: Big Data & Cloud Survey)


• The big data market for technology and services will be $16.9 billion by 2015 from $3.2 in 2010. (IDC: Worldwide Big Data Technology and Services Market Forecast)


• If health care in the US used big data creatively and effectively to drive efficiency and quality, the potential value from data in this sector could be more than $300 billion in value every year. (McKinsey Global Institute: Big Data: The Next Frontier for Innovation, Competition and Productivity)


• 90% of organizations have sustained at least one data breach in the past year. 52% of breaches were caused by insiders. (Ponemon/Jupiter Survey)


• 64% of organizations rate data encryption as very effective in protecting them from internal or external security threats. (InfoWeek Report: 2012 Strategic Security Survey)