New RSA Research Uncovers Growing Security Risks as Businesses Rush to Adopt Emerging Web and Mobile Technologies

June 10, 2009

New RSA Research Uncovers Growing Security Risks as Businesses Rush to Adopt Emerging Web and Mobile Technologies.

More than 80 percent of security leaders surveyed say risks are being overlooked as cost and revenue pressure rises; RSA’s Security for Business Innovation Council outlines steps to protect the “hyper-extended” enterprise

BEDFORD, Mass., June 9 /PRNewswire/ — RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), today released two new research studies that examine the far-reaching security implications of promising technologies such as cloud computing, virtualization, social networking and mobile communications, and explore the pivotal business risks and rewards they represent to organizations worldwide.

The first research study – conducted by IDG Research Services – reveals a significant gap between the speed at which organizations are adopting new connectivity, collaboration and communication technologies and their readiness to deploy them securely. The second study, from RSA’s Security for Business Innovation Council, outlines how companies can capitalize on the significant business advantages these new technologies represent without putting their organizations at risk.

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SOURCE EMC Corporation