Research and Markets (www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c23882) has announced the addition of IT Security Opportunities in the Energy Sector to their offering. As IT security vendors verticalize their sales and marketing strategies, the need to determine the business benefits of IT security technologies in specific sectors becomes paramount. This analysis of the energy sector reveals that the industry is mature in accepting the need for IT security solutions and that there are a number of opportunities to be derived in this vertical.
Report Scope:
• Budgets are limited but new investments will be made that must be secured if they are to be effective.
• Mergers and acquisitions will drive the need for system consolidation and standardization.
• Emissions trading systems can provide a cost effective way to meet industry regulatory compliance.
• Many energy companies believe that security is a business issue and that a single corporate identity is the most cost-effective way of improving it.
Report Highlights:
• Enterprise IT security solutions can not only protect the resources of energy companies but they can help meet real business objectives such as cutting costs and enabling new technologies.
• Because of the strong levels of risk associated with operating in today’s global energy sector, technological measures must be taken to protect mission-critical applications, sensitive data sets and prevent damage to both facilities and employees.
• It is believed that the energy sector should increasingly be seen as one that is mature in accepting the need to invest in enterprise IT solutions. New initiatives such as emissions trading schemes will only reinforce the need to tie security technologies into energy sector business processes.
The report will help enterprise IT security solution providers adopt their sales and marketing strategies for targeting the energy sector. For companies in the energy sector the report identifies core energy sector IT initiatives that must be protected by enterprise IT security solutions. The report highlights the core IT security technologies that can most help CIOs meet their security needs.