Key Findings of the Trend Micro/CNET Networks Spyware Survey

Trend Micro teamed with CNET Networks to conduct a nationwide online survey of spyware and its impact on U.S. corporations. The survey was posted online by TechRepublic in March 2005. More than 500 IT professionals who identified themselves as anti-spyware purchase influencers or decision makers responded to the survey.

Key findings include:

• 93 percent of companies have seen an increase in the amount of spyware on their networks in the past three months

• 90 percent of companies report lowered computer performance as their greatest spyware-related concern

• 95 percent of companies report that adware is frequently found within their organization

• 74 percent said that the loss of confidential personal or corporate information was a primary spyware concern

• 72 percent already have an anti-spyware solution deployed – with 63 percent of those being stand-alone solutions and 90 percent being deployed at the desktop

• 78 percent of enterprise IT managers have identified spyware as among their top three IT priorities for 2005

• 87 percent of companies believe the spyware problem will get worse before it gets better

• 65 percent of IT decision makers believe an integrated security solution is preferable to a stand-alone anti-spyware product

• 45 percent of small enterprises and 57 percent of large enterprises believe anti-spyware is most effectively deployed at the gateway

• 15 percent of small enterprises and 26 percent of large enterprises have anti-spyware deployed at the gateway

• Large enterprises are less protected against spyware than smaller enterprises. Only 54 percent of large enterprises have an anti-spyware solution deployed as compared to 80 percent of small enterprises

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