Trend Micro Enterprise Security customers achieve significant malware infection reductions, nearly 130% ROI, according to Forrester Research

SecureData Security, part of JSE-listed SecureData Holdings and the sole sub-Saharan distributor for Trend Micro, today announced that a recent commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, on behalf of Trend Micro, examined the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) of Trend Micro Enterprise Security, powered by the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network infrastructure.

Based on information gathered through in-depth interviews of current Trend Micro Enterprise customers, the study's key findings include:

ROI - Forrester constructed a Total Economic Impact framework for a composite enterprise and the associated ROI analysis, illustrating the financial impact areas. The risk-adjusted ROI for the composite enterprise is 129%, with a break-even point (payback period) of 14 months after deployment.

Reduced malware infections - By adopting Trend Micro Enterprise Security powered by the cloud-client architecture of the Smart Protection Network, customers were able to improve malware detection and reduce annual infections significantly. The study found that Trend Micro Enterprise Security reduces the overall number of infections by 34% and further reduces incident spread by 60%, for a total infection reduction of 73% per year.

More specifically, enterprises realised:

* A 30% reduction in infected client devices and a 40% reduction in the spread of infections, yielding an overall 58% infection reduction using Trend Micro OfficeScan Client-Server Suite.
* Twenty percent fewer infections from accessing malicious Web sites for enterprises using Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Suite Advanced.

* Twenty-five percent reduction in infections from opening infected e-mails for those using Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Suite Advanced.

Forrester Consulting concluded that the Trend Micro enterprise customers interviewed for the study experienced "faster detection and protection of Web, messaging, and endpoint threats resulted in a lower overall number of infections, incidents, as well as reduced severity of incidents. This, in turn, resulted in improved IT operational efficiency through reduced administration and support costs, as well as improved end-user productivity through a reduction in the downtime due to incidents."

Trend Micro Enterprise Security customers get more than just the quantified benefits illustrated above. Customers who participated in the study said that Trend Micro Enterprise Security offered qualitative advantages such as reduced chances of customer data breaches, and reduced probability of detrimental impact to enterprise systems - both of which can lend to less negative corporate publicity.

The commissioned study, conducted by Forrester Consulting, was designed to:

* Provide IT/security decision-makers with an in-depth description of why customers choose Trend Micro Enterprise Security powered by Smart Protection Network and the ways that it has benefited them.
* Provide finance and other senior decision-makers with a thorough analysis of the ROI, Payback Period and Net Present Value of standardising on Trend Micro for their content security solution.

Forrester Consulting conducted in-depth interviews with several Trend Micro Enterprise customers. The composite organisation that Forrester synthesised from the results of these interviews represents a North America-based services organisation with roughly 6 000 employees and 5 000 client devices located in 10 offices throughout North America and Europe.