IT Security Becomes an Agenda for Indonesia Enterprise

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JAKARTA (IndoTelko) – IT Security spending in Indonesia has begun to transition from traditional security readiness to one that shows understanding of new security realities.

International Data Corporation (IDC) Indonesia's recent surveys have shown that a number of enterprises in Indonesia are heightening their security spending - a stark contrast from the year before.

As targeted attacks, both externally and internally, continue to threaten organizations, IDC Indonesia has noted that 47% of enterprises surveyed will be implementing or upgrading their security software over the next 6 to 12 months.

Data loss prevention was cited as the most critical component why enterprises have begun to look towards a heightened IT security spending, as CEOs continue to drive home the need for IT to deliver on business outcomes.

While the message on the importance of IT security continues to funnel through the organization, further evaluation of this trend shows that in spite of the heightened spending in IT security occurring, this still does not emerge as a "top three" priority for enterprises.

This trend has led IDC Indonesia to concluding that the discussion between "non-essential" versus "unimportant" IT spending is still occurring frequently within enterprises today in spite of IT security becoming a boardroom agenda.

Moving ahead into the future, IDC Indonesia anticipates that tighter regulations and compliance, the call for sustainability of the enterprises, cost pressures in times of data loss, and growing security risks will lead towards a "disorderly effect" within the organization that will force the hand of a security strategy to be forged. Risk mitigation, business continuity, and security is expected to take center stage and become a mainstay of an organization's lexicon by 2015.(es)