In today's economic environment, financially motivated threats that target sensitive information and business systems are on the rise, while IT budgets face greater pressures. Threats to vital information over the past year have grown by 50% and the impact to an organization's bottom line is significant - the average cost of a data breach is now $6.6 million, with lost business directly accounting for more than two-thirds of that cost.

To stay competitive in today's environment, you must maximize the value of your security investment and effectively protect and manage endpoints to ensure compliance with government regulations and industry standards and reduce IT operational costs.

In this Lumension audiocast, you will learn:

• The findings from Aberdeen Group's latest report "Endpoint Security, Endpoint Management: The Cost Cutter's Case for Convergence"
• About the economic advantages realized by organizations with top performance
• Which endpoint security management technologies are used by "Best-in-Class" organizations
• Key recommendations to improve your security and ultimately reduce IT TCO