Worldwide Secure Content Management 2005-2009 Forecast Update and 2004 Vendor Shares: Spyware, Spam, and Malicious Code Continue to Wreak Havoc

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This IDC study examines the secure content management (SCM) market for the period from 2003 to 2009, with vendor revenue trends and market growth forecasts. Worldwide market sizing is provided for 2004, with trends from 2003. A five-year growth forecast for this market is shown for 20052009. A vendor competitive analysis, with vendor revenue and the market shares of the leading vendors, is provided for 2004. This study also includes profiles of leading vendors and identifies the characteristics that vendors will need to be successful in the future. This document updates the forecast published in Worldwide Secure Content Management 20052009 Forecast: The Emergence of Outbound Content Compliance (IDC #33076, March 2005).

"The motive and intention of virus writers have changed," said Brian Burke, research manager, Security Products. "In the past, worms and viruses were typically created to destroy data by amateurs seeking notoriety. Today, more sophisticated attackers, often organized crime, are increasingly using worms and viruses to obtain credit card numbers, bank account information, and other personal information to perpetrate identity theft. IDC believes this profit-driven motivation will cause the number of attacks to increase in sophistication, frequency, and severity."