This statistic presents the security technologies that will increase in importance over the next three years according to senior information technology practitioners worldwide as of 2017. According to the findings, 31 percent of respondents stated as of now artificial intelligence implemented within their cyber defense network was of the highest importance within their organization's cyber security system. When asked it's continuing importance in the coming future, there was a 40 percentage point increase in responses, with 71 percent of respondents stating its vital importance within a cyber defense network.
Security technologies that will increase in importance over the next three years according to senior information technology practitioners worldwide as of 2017
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Respondents were asked to rank the importance of specific technologies today and in three years on a scale 1 = low importance to 5 = high importance. The figure shows the technologies that were rated in importance today and those rated high in importance in the coming three years. Figures were rounded.
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Ponemon Institute, & Raytheon. (February 28, 2018). Security technologies that will increase in importance over the next three years according to senior information technology practitioners worldwide as of 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/883734/security-technologies-increasing-importance-it-practitioners-today-future/
Ponemon Institute, und Raytheon. "Security technologies that will increase in importance over the next three years according to senior information technology practitioners worldwide as of 2017." Chart. February 28, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/883734/security-technologies-increasing-importance-it-practitioners-today-future/
Ponemon Institute, Raytheon. (2018). Security technologies that will increase in importance over the next three years according to senior information technology practitioners worldwide as of 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/883734/security-technologies-increasing-importance-it-practitioners-today-future/
Ponemon Institute, and Raytheon. "Security Technologies That Will Increase in Importance over The next Three Years According to Senior Information Technology Practitioners Worldwide as of 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/883734/security-technologies-increasing-importance-it-practitioners-today-future/
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