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Thales survey reveals record rise in use of encryption led by Financial Services, Healthcare & Pharmaceutical, and Technology companiesPLANTATION, Fla., June 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Thales, leader in critical information systems and cybersecurity, announces the findings of its 2016 Encryption Application Trends Study. The report, based on independent research by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Thales, reveals that the biggest users of encryption are companies in Financial Services, Healthcare & Pharmaceutical and Technology and Software industries. This new study, which is part of an annual survey of more than 5,000 individuals covering 14 major industry sectors and 11 countries, focuses on how encryption is being used in conjunction with business applications in order to protect data and allows companies to benchmark their use of encryption against companies in similar industry sectors and geographies. John Grimm, senior director security strategy at Thales e-Security, says: News facts:
"In the 11 years the core survey has been conducted, there has been a steady increase in the use of encryption technology, with the highest increase ever in this year's results. Along with that increase we've seen the rise of new challenges in the areas of encryption key management, data discovery, and cloud-based data storage. The findings of this study demonstrate the importance of both encryption and key management across a wide range of industries and core enterprise applications – from networking, databases and application level encryption to PKI, payments, public and private cloud computing." Now in its 11th year, the core study surveyed 5,009 individuals across 14 industry sectors: Communications, Consumer Products, Education & Research, Entertainment & Media, Energy and Utilities, Financial Services, Healthcare & Pharma, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Public Sector, Retail, Services, Transportation, and Technology & Software in 11 countries: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Australia, Japan, Brazil, the Russian Federation, Mexico, India and Arabia (which is a combination of respondents located in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates). Download your copy of the new 2016 Global Encryption Application Trends Study For industry insight and views on the latest key management trends check out our blog www.thales-esecurity.com/blogs Follow Thales e-Security on Twitter @Thalesesecurity, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube About Thales e-Security About Thales Positioned as a value-added systems integrator, equipment supplier and service provider, Thales is one of Europe's leading players in the security market. The Group's security teams work with government agencies, local authorities and enterprise customers to develop and deploy integrated, resilient solutions to protect citizens, sensitive data and critical infrastructure. Drawing on its strong cryptographic capabilities, Thales is one of the world leaders in cybersecurity products and solutions for critical state and military infrastructures, satellite networks and industrial and financial companies. With a presence throughout the entire security chain, Thales offers a comprehensive range of services and solutions ranging from security consulting, intrusion detection and architecture design to system certification, development and through-life management of products and services, and security supervision with Security Operation Centres in France, the United Kingdom and The Netherlands. Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150929/271846LOGO
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