Proofpoint's latest annual survey entitled Outbound Email and Content Security in Today's Enterprise, 2007 was just released. Even though it is from a competitor, I recommend the free download. I have quoted previous editions of the survey in business plans and presentations.
Some of the key results of the survey of 308 e-mail decision-makers at large U.S. companies include:
- Respondents estimated that nearly 20 percent of all outbound e-mail poses a legal, regulatory or financial risk.
- More than one-quarter of surveyed companies (27.3 percent) have terminated an employee for violating e-mail policies in the past 12 months.
- 32.1 percent of surveyed companies with 1,000 or more employees hire staff to read or analyze the contents of outbound e-mail.
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