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    Businesses increasingly look to protect digital data

    Tue 25-Mar-2008

    Businesses in Europe are set to look for new ways they can protect digital information, a new study has suggested.

    Analysts at IDC suggested that more stringent government regulations, industry recommendations and intellectual property protection will drive European businesses to explore ways that data loss prevention (DLP) and encryption could be improved.

    In particular, IDC suggested that businesses might opt for information protection and control (IPC) solutions. These monitor, filter, and block sensitive information contained in data at rest, data in motion, and data in use.

    Brian Burke, program director for IDC's security products and services group, explained: "A number of high-profile incidents have raised awareness of the growing data-leakage problem.

    "The leaking of customer records, confidential information, and intellectual property has caused explosive demand for solutions that protect against the deliberate or inadvertent release of sensitive information."

    As a result, the study showed that 64 per cent of businesses were planning to invest in new IPC solutions in the future.
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