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Presentation on privacy on the smart grid

Dr. Larry Ponemon will be presenting the results of "Perceptions of Privacy on the Smart Grid" at the IAPP's annual submit in Washington, DC on March 11, 2011.  This research is sponsored by AT&T.  For more information, please contact us at research@ponemon.org.

Ponemon Institute Announces 2010 Privacy Trust Study of Retail Banking

Privacy and information management research firm the Ponemon Institute has announced the results of its annual Privacy Trust Study for Retail Banking. Now in its eighth year, the study measures consumer perceptions of trustworthiness for retail banking institutes and identifies the issues that influence consumer opinion.

New Ponemon Study Points to Need for Smart Grid Education

Technologically advanced electrical meters – devices that monitor power usage information from the consumer and transmit that information back to the utility company – are being introduced in many areas around the country, raising concerns relative to the level of detail and conclusions that can be drawn from the data they collect.


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Research Studies & White Papers

2010 Access Governance Trends Survey
January 18, 2012, 4:01 pm

(click to download study) This second annual study examines access governance practices in US organizations. The objective of this study is to track perspectives of IT security and compliance practices about how well they are achieving access governance within their organizations.

What Auditors Think about Crypto technologies
January 18, 2012, 4:01 pm

Sponsored by Thales eSecurity
(download the study) The purpose of this study was to identify what auditors think abut crypto technologies as it applies to data protection and compliance activities in public and private organizations.  Seventy-one percent of respondents believe that an organization’s information assets cannot be fully protected without the use of crypto solutions.

Annual Privacy Trust Study for Retail Banking
January 17, 2012, 11:01 am

(click to download study) It should come as no surprise that trust is increasingly important in customers’ loyalty to their bank. While overall trust in the industry is down, banks that experienced a significant data breach also experienced a significant decline in their trust scores. This study also reveals there is a correlation between customers’ trust and how long they remain with the same bank. Customers expect their bank to have protective measures in place to guard their data. If that expectation is not met, they will change banks.

How Global Organizations Approach the Challenge of Protecting Personal Data
January 17, 2012, 11:01 am

(click to download study) How data privacy perceptions and practices around the globe inform and influence data protection practices. More than 5,500 business leaders were surveyed.

Making Web 2.0 Work
January 17, 2012, 11:01 am

(click to download study) Ponemon Institute with sponsorship from IBM conducted a study of Web 2.0 users in the US, Brazil, Russian Federation, People's Republic of China, Singapore, Sweden and Germany to understand their perceptions about responsibility when using Internet collaboration tools.

Economic Impact of Privacy on Online Behavioral Advertising
January 17, 2012, 10:01 am

(click to download study) Independent Ponemon Institute research looks into the controversial behavioral advertising industry to understand from marketers their experience with the medium’s success, and how consumer perceptions of trust or lack thereof are affecting investments.

2010 Most Trusted Companies for Privacy
January 17, 2012, 10:01 am

US Consumers
(click to download study) The only objective study that asks US consumers to name and rate organizations they believe are most committed to the privacy of their personal information.