Survey Data from Citrix and Independent
Research Firm Shows IT Decision Makers Held Back by Security
Concerns
As organizations embrace the digital transformation of their
business, they are increasingly facing new security concerns. A
recent Citrix Qualtrics (NASDAQ:CTXS) survey shows that more
companies are moving away from device-centric, platform-specific
endpoint security technologies toward an approach that secures
their applications and data everywhere. The survey revealed
that:
- More than half of Citrix customers
reported that they are changing the way their SecOps teams are
operated because of the increase in ransomware, targeted malware
and phishing attacks.
- Just over 48 percent said that
end-to-end protection of applications and data was most important
to protecting their always-on business.
- And 56 percent are looking more closely
at how to simplify management and monitoring of SSL
certificates.
In addition to the Citrix survey, a July 2016 Forrester Security
Business Technographics report fielded between March-May, 2016,
found that:
- 62 percent of security decision makers
report that they would like to accelerate their digital business in
the next twelve months.
- And 65 percent say they would like to
improve application security capabilities and services.
- 47 percent say they’re implementing or
expanding IoT security in the next 12 months, but 30 percent are
challenged by privacy concerns.
- 20 percent are challenged by the
compromise of sensitive data.
Physical assets are disposable. The secure delivery of apps and
data is critical for businesses to ensure the safety of their
sensitive information. As more organizations embrace the digital
transformation of their business and face challenges presented by
emerging trends such as cloud, IoT and analytics, they will need to
shift thinking away from protecting each device to securing
sensitive applications and data.
Business is Always On. Security Cannot Stand in the
Way.
Security fears from the increase in targeted business attacks
are changing the way companies conduct business. Devices are
accessing information all the time – over public networks, across
geographic boundaries and from the cloud – requiring IT to rethink
their security and compliance approach. In fact, sixty four percent
of Citrix customers reported that their top priority as they move
more data to a cloud environment is policy enforcement to meet
compliance regulations.
Businesses want to adopt new technology, but are still stuck
catching up on compliance regulations. By shifting away from
device-level, platform-specific endpoint security solutions,
businesses can more easily achieve compliance and focus on adopting
new technology to improve employee productivity and reduce risk to
sensitive business information.
“Security is vital to our organization as every day our
employees deal with sensitive data belonging to local citizens. By
relying on companies like Citrix, our IT team is able to keep this
proprietary information safe regardless of the device or location.
The reassurance that our data will not be compromised also allows
our employees to focus instead on the most important piece of their
job – helping serve, protect and build a robust relationship with
the community.” – Ashish Kakkad, CIO, San Diego County
Sheriff’s Dept.
“With emerging technologies like cloud, mobile, analytics and
IoT, we don’t have the luxury of controlling each device that an
employee brings to work or tries to use to access data. Business
doesn’t stop, and it’s not centralized to one location. Our people
need access, and we need to know that no matter where they are,
what time of day it is, or the device they’re using, our data and
our customer’s data is protected. We use Citrix technology to do
that.” – John Brister, IT Director, Franciscan Missionaries of
Our Lady Health System
With Citrix, organizations can provide the right level of
confidentiality, integrity and availability for data without
placing undue restrictions on the ways people work. Across every
industry, including the most highly-regulated sectors, customers
rely on Citrix to ensure privacy, protect sensitive information and
enable compliance of apps and data without compromising workforce
flexibility and productivity.
Stop by Citrix booth no. 324 at Black Hat Last Vegas next week
to learn more about how Citrix is helping solve specific security
business challenges. Attend our session, “TLS is No Longer
Optional” on Thursday, August 4 in theatre A from 2:30 – 3:15 pm
PT. Follow us on Twitter to hear about our daily booth
giveaways!
Survey Methodology
The Citrix Qualtrics network security survey was conducted in
July 2016. The U.S. survey included IT managers, network
administrators and executives.
The Forrester Global Security Survey, 2016 was fielded in
March-May, 2016. This online survey included 3,588 respondents in
Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, New
Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S.
Related Links
- July 2016 Citrix Qualtrics Survey
report and demographics
- Forrester Security Business
Technographics Report, July 2016
- Citrix Blog: What do Philips Hue
Lighting Kit and Transport Layer Security (TLS) have in common?
Black Hat 2016!
- Citrix Blog: End-to-End Security with
XenApp & XenDesktop
- Learn more about our solutions at
www.Citrix.com/secure
About Citrix
Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) aims to power a world where people,
organizations and things are securely connected and accessible to
make the extraordinary possible. Its technology makes the world’s
apps and data secure and easy to access, empowering people to work
anywhere and at any time. Citrix provides a complete and integrated
portfolio of Workspace-as-a-Service, application delivery,
virtualization, mobility, network delivery and file sharing
solutions that enables IT to ensure critical systems are securely
available to users via the cloud or on-premise and across any
device or platform. With annual revenue in 2015 of $3.28 billion,
Citrix solutions are in use by more than 400,000 organizations and
over 100 million users globally. Learn more at www.citrix.com.
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