2022 CAD Security Study

About the Study:

Lifecycle Insights conducted the CAD Security Analysis Study. Lifecycle Insights surveyed over 295 of respondents to understand the role of CAD security features in the decision-making process for engineering executives when selecting a CAD solution for their company. Survey respondents originated mainly from North America and represented numerous industry verticals.

Study Demographics:

The findings of this study were based on 295 respondents spread across the following industries:

• Manufacturing (42%)

• Information Technology (34%)

• Automotive (5%)

• Heavy Equipment/Machinery (15%)

• Aerospace, Consumer Products, and Medical Devices (7%)

Respondents’ company revenues varied widely, but most were between $750m to $2B(34%), $100 to $300m (23%), or under $100m (18%). 42% of the respondents worked in the manufacturing or production department, 34% in Information Technology, 5% in automative, 15% in Heavy Equipment/Machinery, 7% in Aerospace, Consumer Products, and Medical Devices, and the rest in other departments.

Methodology:

Lifecycle Insights employed its proven benchmarking methodology in this quantitative research study. This methodology includes:

• the development of a neutral-language survey instrument that captures an accurate, impartial state of the industry for the given program’s scope using Lifecycle Insights’ best practices and library of questions;

• the careful recruitment and screening of qualified respondents that represent the target stakeholders for this program’s parameters using Lifecycle Insights’ third-party partnerships;

• the review, cleansing, and validation of respondent’s answers using Lifecycle Insights’ internal flagging system;

• the explorative development of indices and cohort definitions to iteratively isolate correlated sets of performance and practices using Lifecycle Insights’ benchmark approach; and

• the calculation, analysis, and group review of the study’s findings to vet and distill takeaways using Lifecycle Insights’ processes and procedures.