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Worldwide Security 2008 Top 10 Predictions: Security's Troublesome Twins, Crime and Compliance, Ride the Web to Drive 2008 Trends

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: January 2008
Product Code: R104-32653
Description

This IDC study examines 2008 trends for the worldwide security market. Overall, Web-based technologies will increasingly drive compliance issues and serve as vehicles for online crime.

"The sophistication of the threat landscape, stringent regulatory mandates, the complex technology environment, and the potential impacts that security vulnerabilities present to corporations will force companies to invest heavily in IT security," said Irida Xheneti, research analyst for IDC's Security Services program.

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Situation Overview

Future Outlook

1. 3SN Will Merge Security, Systems, Storage, and Network Management

2. Web 2.0 and Business 2.0 Applications and Communities Will Become a Major Source of Identity Fraud, Privacy Violations, and Corporate Data Loss

3. Crime Ecosystems Will Sell, Support, and Service Crimeware as Products or Services

4. Datacenter Security Will Be Resurrected by a Crisis in Access and Skilled Support

5. Security Virtualization Will Develop in Three Areas

6. IP Protection and Data Leakage Will Become Major Security Drivers Outside the United States

7. Managed and Hosted Security Services Will Boom

8. Mergers and Acquisitions Will Continue, But New Companies Will Continue to Enter the Market

9. Applications Testing Will Used by Large Corporations to Test Software They Buy and Renegotiate Contracts Based on SLAs

10. Consumer Security Products and Services Will Migrate Away from Point Products

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