BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - September 5, 2007) - Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks company (
NYSE:
HHS), today released a new research report on "Encryption & Key Management"
that provides new insights into the degree to which Best-in-Class
organizations have deployed encryption technologies to protect sensitive
data, and the approaches they have taken to deliver higher scalability,
lower operational costs, reduce risk, establish consistent security
policies, and sustain regulatory compliance. The research reveals that 71%
of Best-in-Class organizations increased the total number of encryption
keys under management, and 50% increased the number of locations using
encryption compared to one year ago.
Best-in-Class companies are also investing in automated key management and
key distribution capabilities to cope with, and reap the benefits of,
significantly broader use of encryption. Compared to all companies
surveyed, the Best-in-Class supported 1.9x more keys with an estimated 34%
lower total annual cost on a per-key basis.
"The traditional network perimeter security model has been dissolved by
more open, flexible network access and distributed computing," said Derek
E. Brink, vice president and research director for IT Security, Aberdeen
Harte-Hanks. "In its place, an information-centric approach is emerging
that leverages encryption to secure the data, combined with a key
management infrastructure to protect and control access to the encryption
keys that provide the foundation for this higher level of protection."
A complimentary copy of this report is made available due in part by the
following underwriters: nCipher, Paymetric, PGP, SafeNet, Venafi, and
WinMagic. To obtain a complimentary copy of the report, visit:
http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?cid=4262
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Contact Information: Media Contact:
Derek E. Brink
Aberdeen Harte-Hanks
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Derek.Brink@aberdeen.com