Key Findings, Australia 2008 Fast facts from Proofpoint’s Outbound Email and Data Loss Prevention in Today’s Enterprise, 2008 report, based on a March 2008 study of 30 email decision makers at Australian enterprises with more than 1000 employees:
   - More than one quarter (27%) of Australian companies surveyed employ staff to read or otherwise analyze outbound email content.
   - 17% of Australian companies surveyed employ staff whose primary or exclusive job function is to read or otherwise moni¬tor outbound email content.
   - Nearly 1 in 3 (30%) Australian companies surveyed perform regular audits of outbound email content.
   - Nearly one quarter (23%) of Australian companies investigated a suspected email leak of confidential or proprietary in¬formation in the past 12 months.
   - 1 in 5 Australian companies surveyed (20%) terminated an employee for violating email policies in the past 12 months. 43% of Australian companies surveyed disciplined an employee for violating email policies in the past 12 months.
   - More than one quarter (27%) of Australian companies investigated the exposure of confidential, sensitive or private in¬formation via a posting to a social networking site.
   - Of the 30 Australian companies surveyed, only 1 (3%) reported that employee email had been subpoenaed in the last 12 months.
   - In addition to concerns about the corporate mail system, more than one third of Australian companies surveyed (37%) are “very concerned” or “concerned” about web-based email as a conduit for exposure of confidential or proprietary informa¬tion.
   - Top Australian outbound email concerns 2008: 60% of Australian companies are “concerned” or “very concerned” about pro¬tecting the confidentiality of personal identity and financial information in outbound email. 53% are “concerned” or “very con¬cerned” about ensuring that email cannot be used to disseminate company trade secrets or valuable intellectual property. 47% are “concerned” or “very concerned” about protecting the confidentiality of private healthcare information in outbound email.

A report originally published by Proofpoint, Inc., at:
http://www.proofpoint.com/downloads/Proofpoint-Outbound-Email-and-Data-Loss-Prevention-in-Today's-Enterprise-2008.pdf