2017 Australia Encryption Trends

Tackling the new data security landscape

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2017 Australia Encryption Trends Study

This Australia edition of the twelfth instalment of the Global Encryption Trends Study, conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Thales e-Security, reveals both deployment plans and pains associated with increasingly aggressive cloud and data protection strategies.

Key Statistics

55%

Say finding sensitive data is the biggest challenge

80%

Rate employee mistakes as the most significant threat to sensitive data

32%

Have a consistent encryption strategy

Additional Resources

Data breaches up from 2016, as is security spending

Encryption in Australia

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Data breaches up from 2016, as is security spending

2017 Australia Encryption Trends Study

Press release
2017 Global Data Threat report

Key Findings from the 2017 Thales Encryption Trends Study: Australia

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2017 Australia Encryption Trends Study Conducted by the Ponemon Institute, the 2017 Australia Encryption Trends Study is based on a survey of 331 individuals in Australia. Download Study Now