--- title: Addressing Cyber Protection and Data Protection Holistically, summary of IDC White Paper description: A recent IDC research survey revealed there are two inextricably intertwined statistics that are driving a fundamental change in how enterprise IT operations are organized and operating. canonical_url: https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/idc-summary/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-11 --- [Acronis Blog](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/) # Addressing Cyber Protection and Data Protection Holistically, summary of IDC White Paper According to IDC survey research there are two inextricably intertwined statistics that are driving a fundamental change in how enterprise IT operations are organized and functioning. [Learn More](https://www.acronis.com/en/products/cyber-protect/) [![Image 2: Acronis Editorial Team](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/d85707ae91461544212d39836dc32b42.png)](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/ "Acronis Editorial Team") [Acronis Editorial Team](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/) 1 min read Last updated 03 September 2019 Other languages available:[Deutsch](https://www.acronis.com/de/blog/posts/idc-summary/) [Español](https://www.acronis.com/es/blog/posts/idc-summary/) [Français](https://www.acronis.com/fr/blog/posts/idc-summary/) [日本語](https://www.acronis.com/ja/blog/posts/idc-summary/) According to IDC survey research there are two inextricably intertwined statistics that are driving a fundamental change in how enterprise IT operations are organized and functioning. 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