IP Breaches Plague 32%

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Reconnex, the leader in information monitoring and protection appliances, today announced the findings of a new a survey focusing on the importance of protecting Intellectual Property (IP). The research, conducted by the Enterprise Strategy Group and summarized in the brief titled "Intellectual Property Rules," found that one-third of the enterprises surveyed acknowledged loss of sensitive data in the last 12 months, while another 11 percent were unsure whether a breach occurred.

IP protection, which goes beyond just securing private records, has become such a priority that 90 percent of companies queried plan to deploy new technologies to secure their IP in the next 12 months. The epicenter of risk continues to be insiders who either act with malicious intent or are negligent.

Reconnex Corp.