This report is based on a global IDC Web-based survey of 1,200 executives with responsibility for or influence over IT and data security. Respondents were from nine countries: Australia, Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the UK, and the U.S., and represented a range of industries, with a primary emphasis on healthcare, financial services, retail, and federal government organizations. Job titles ranged from C-level executives including CEO, CFO, Chief Data Officer, CISO, Chief Data Scientist, and Chief Risk Officer, to SVP/VP, IT Administrator, Security Analyst, Security Engineer, and Systems Administrator. Respondents represented a broad range of organizational sizes, with the majority ranging from 500 to 10,000 employees