Cibecs and IDG Launch the 2012 Business Data Loss Survey

San Francisco, CA, April 17, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Every year Cibecs runs the Business Data Loss Survey, uncovering the major IT challenges around data protection, and providing industry insight. Last year’s survey results were read by over 50 000 IT Professionals.

The 2011 survey uncovered massive data loss – with 50% of respondents revealing that they had lost data in the last year. While it is true that most companies had server backup solutions in place, focus was, and still is, shifting to user data stored on desktops and laptops, and the protection thereof. This is where a backup and recovery vacuum exists – leaving business data vulnerable to multiple risks.

Get the 2012 Results by completing the Survey

Some of the topics covered in the 2012 survey:

• How businesses are protecting data in 2012, and technologies that are changing the business backup landscape.

• The effect of BYOD on business data protection and management.
• The impact and prevalence of data loss in 2012

The 2011 Business Data Loss Survey Results

“In 2011 over 50% of the 250 companies surveyed had lost business critical data,” says Cibecs CEO, Richard Dewing. “Even more concerning was that 10% of companies stated they would not be able to recover business data if lost – while 37% estimated that business data recovery in their organization would take a day or longer (and up to a month in some cases).”

The survey uncovered that 30% of respondents value the data on their laptop or desktop at over $25 000. Combine the value of business data with the potential reputational risks of losing it and the Corporate Governance requirements of protecting this data and enterprises have a pressing incentive to ensure they employ an effective endpoint data protection solution.

The 2011 Data Loss Statistics, revealed a definite void between the reality of data loss and organizations employing working solutions to the problem. 45% of those surveyed found their data backup solution only "moderately effective" while 22% believed their current business data protection was ineffective.

Another interesting data loss statistic was that 60% of companies now use laptops as their primary system, illustrating a definite move towards business data mobility. This mobilization of corporate data increases data loss risks, as well as intensifies possible cyber security threats and unauthorized access to corporate information.

Increased user mobility also results in inflated bandwidth costs – with over 67% of companies reporting significantly higher bandwidth and storage costs in 2011.

“It was clear that in 2011, data loss – and specifically – laptop and desktop data loss, has become a definite pain-point for enterprise IT,” says Dewing. “The requirement for effective data protection is more important now than ever before.”

The Industry Published 2012 survey will allow us to compare how Business Data Protection is changing - and to uncover what contributing factors result in Data Loss, and the impact of such incidents.

To receive your copy of the 2012 Results white paper, follow this link: http://snipurl.com/232l0nq

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