McAfee has commissioned a study of the European business security environment to Ipsos MORI Research. The findings of the research indicate that European Businesses are lost in the complexity of the security labyrinth and that there is an increasing necessity for a stripped down, simplified and unified view on security. "The study of 600 businesses across six European countries (UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Italy) found that while over three quarters (77%) of those questioned would like to have a single view of the security of their IT infrastructure, nearly a third (29%) currently use four or more management consoles and a quarter (24%) of enterprises* questioned have five or more different security suppliers," indicated McAfee.

Additionally, the study found that 42% of medium-sized companies have multiple security suppliers, while only 23% have expressed complete satisfaction in relation to the level of security deployed across their infrastructure.

"Managing a range of different solutions from a range of vendors is a headache. It is also inefficient and expensive. Businesses need to look at integrated security solutions under a single console which deliver protection against a full range of threats while at the same time being cost effective and easy to manage," said Aminah Gianfrancesco, director of system security EMEA, McAfee, Inc.