February 23, 2006

Client Antivirus And Firewall Adoption In 2006

Trends, Deployment Options, And Best Practices

This is the second document in the "2006 IT Security Adoption And Trends" series.

by Natalie Lambert

with Jonathan Penn, Sarah Bernhardt

Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

In January 2006, Forrester surveyed 149 technology decision-makers at North American small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) and enterprises about their approach to IT security; 94 of these respondents were knowledgeable about their client security practices. While client antivirus is almost ubiquitous, our survey shows that companies still want more. Fifty-three percent of companies will invest in client antivirus software, and 45% of companies will invest in personal firewall software in 2006 — bringing client security to more computers throughout the enterprise, not simply to the "at-risk" or mobile systems. This is a necessary enhancement, given that workers are mobile and can carry malicious code back to the corporate network. However, companies still prefer best-of-breed client security technologies over their suite counterparts: a decision that will be costly in terms of administrative overhead as well as overall client protection.

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