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November 30, 2005 | Comments: (0)

Plugging the leaks: IDC points to the need for outbound compliance

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The growth of IM, e-mail, blogs and other types of message traffic, as well well-publicized leaks of customer records and other sensitive corporate information is forcing enterprise IT managers to bolster security of outbound data, IDC says.

The IT research and consulting company has even created a new name for the trend - outbound content compliance (OCC) - and says the new security market will swell to $1.9 billion in 2009.

"There is growing demand for solutions that will combat potentially devastating content distribution and violations of government and industry regulations," Brian Burke, manager of IDC's security products and services research, said Wednesday in a research note on IDC Website. "These demands are being met through a range of OCC solutions that monitor, secure/encrypt, filter, and block outbound content contained in email, instant messaging, P2P, file transfers, Web postings, and other types of messaging traffic. "OCC plays a key role in enforcing corporate compliance with both external regulatory requirements and internal corporate policies."

Corporations are now scambling to secure their electronic communications as government and industry regulations addressing the issue become institutionalized.

"Addressing the insider threat is becoming more complex," said Burke. "The increasing use of corporate email, Web email, instant messaging, peer-to-peer, and other channels for distributing data and the proliferation of mobile devices that allow employees to carry sensitive information outside the organization's boundaries make the control of outbound content increasingly difficult."

Posted by Jack McCarthy on November 30, 2005 12:29 PM

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