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	December 26, 2006 The State Of Security In SMBs And Enterprises Business Technographics North America by Natalie Lambert with Christine E. Atwood, Laura Koetzle

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Executive Summary

Forrester surveyed 2,434 technology decision-makers at North American small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) and 2,154 technology decision-makers at North American enterprises to understand the state of IT security. What did we learn? That IT security enhancements tied for first place among infrastructure priorities this year, and they took second place among software initiatives. Furthermore, firms of all sizes will be investing in a bevy of security technologies in 2006 and 2007: The widgets most in demand are network access control (NAC), security information management (SIM), and network firewalls. Thus, it's not surprising that 66% of enterprises will increase their spending on network security equipment and services this year.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Security Infrastructure Preferences And Adoption Trends
  • Priorities And Purchasing Factors
  • Infrastructure Adoption, Awareness, And Spending
  • Appliance Preferences, Adoption, And Drivers
• Security Software Preferences And Adoption Trends
  • Priorities And Software Preferences
  • Software Adoption Trends
• Managed Security Services Preferences And Adoption Trends
  • Hardware And Managed Services Trends
• Supplemental Material

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