Ponemon Institute

Ponemon Institute conducts independent research on privacy, data protection and information security policy. Our goal is to enable organizations in both the private and public sectors to have a clearer understanding of the trends in practices, perceptions and potential threats that will affect the collection, management and safeguarding of personal and confidential information about individuals and organizations. Ponemon Institute research informs organizations on how to improve upon their data protection initiatives and enhance their brand and reputation as a trusted enterprise.

In addition to our research, Ponemon Institute provides strategic consulting to private and public sector organizations interested in establishing or enhancing their privacy, data protection, and security practices. To ensure that their goals are achieved, organizations engage us to assess their practices and conduct workshops and training programs.

Ponemon Institute is the parent organization of the Responsible Information Management (RIM) Council. The RIM Council draws its name from the practice of Responsible Information Management, an ethics-based framework and long-term strategy for managing personal and sensitive employee, customer and business information.

Members of the RIM Council represent a cross-section of Fortune 500 companies and are champions of privacy and data protection in their organizations. Through working groups and special projects, our RIM Council members create practical solutions to the privacy and data protection challenges faced by organizations.

New Report on Data Recovery Operations

1/24/2012

As the use of third-party data recovery service providers continues to increase, so does the potential for a data breach to occur during the data recovery process. In fact, of the 87 percent of respondents who report their organization had a data breach in the past two years, 21 percent say that at least one data breach occurred when a drive was in their possession. Every corporate IT support organization knows, data storage device failure ...more

Blog

New Report on Data Recovery Operations
January 24, 2012
As the use of third-party data recovery service providers continues to increase, so does the potential for a data breach to occur during the data recovery process. Permalink

Second Annual Patient Privacy Study Released
December 1, 2011
Widespread use of mobile devices is putting patient data at risk, according to the latest Ponemon Institute research on healthcare providers' patient privacy practices. Permalink

Best Practices in Data Protection Study Released
November 4, 2011
Sponsored by McAfee, the Best Practices in Data Protection survey is our latest effort to find out what separates the best organizations from the rest. Permalink

News & Events

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.