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A third of businesses fail to protect sensitive
data transfers
Ipswitch, Inc.’s File Transfer deliver secure file transfer solutions,
division, and COMPUTERLINKS, a particularly within those industries
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leading distributor of IT security that still don’t have an encryption
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and Internet technology solutions, strategy in place. COMPUTERLINKS’
have announced the results of partner programme and technical
their 2009 File Transfer Security expertise can help resellers use this
Survey. The results of the study insight to develop these
indicate huge disparities in opportunities and in turn ensure
attitudes towards data security organisations have the means to
and secure transfer: whilst 82% protect their sensitive data.
of organisations reported
engagement in exchanges of “Factors driving IT professionals to
sensitive data, only 64% improve data security include the
encrypted their data at rest or in commissioned this report to examine need to comply with data security
transfer. failings in the transfer of sensitive and privacy regulations, negative
data across all business sectors, and publicity, loss of customers and
“We know that even big banks still we are still seeing a persistent other indirect penalties, such as
fail to encrypt all transfers of minority failing to deal with sensitive losses arising from breaches of
sensitive financial data,” notes data in a secure or compliant commercial confidence. The minority
Ipswitch Vice President, Research manner.” who fail to deal securely with data
and Development, Jonathan transfers pose a risk to all those they
Lampe, referring to a record £3.3 Carly Loveday, e-business product do business with. Markets, as well as
million fine handed down by the manager at COMPUTERLINKS activist regulators and more
FSA, this month, to a major commented: “This research suggests demanding regulations, now make
financial institution, for the loss of that there are some excellent life increasingly hard for persistent
unencrypted data. “We opportunities for the channel to offenders.”
Demand for managed services thrives in tough times
Flying in the face of the current being used by companies dealing with are often operating in difficult market
tough economic conditions – which the current unpredictable business conditions, enabling them to invest
have seen corporations ratchet volumes, tight credit conditions and and grow and become more
down IT spending – companies are rapid technological change. competitive.”
spending more on managed
services solutions as firms look to Ravi Shankar Pandey, Senior Vice “Businesses want to work with a
emerge from the current economic President and UK head at NIIT single reliable, capable vendor,” adds
downturn more successful and Technologies, a global IT services Pandey. “We have entered an age
competitive than when they specialist, said: “Businesses where the provision of network
entered it. operating across a variety of sectors connectivity, applications
are reporting a myriad of benefits configuration and management, and
Managed services solutions – delivered across a wide cross section data centre services in flexible
ranging from basic connectivity of their operations. Managed services bundles by a third party that augment
systems to complex application have created vital efficiencies and a customer’s capabilities is fast
and data center services – are savings for these companies which becoming the norm.”
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