Survey of 1,100 security professionals finds some differences between perception and reality when it comes to security controls. Web application firewalls were ranked among the five top-rated technologies for reducing the number of data breach incidents. Some tools that have a poor reputation for effectiveness may still be essential to enterprise defenses. The study also notes some disparities between the common perception that security breaches are on the rise and the reality of breach incidence in the U.S. Nearly two-thirds of organizations either didn’t know if they suffered any breach incidents, or stated that they didn’t.”]