Bang For Security Buck

摘要

The biggest effect a struggling economy should have on IT shops is inspiration to get more creative with their security spending. And by creative, we really mean more effective. According to a growing number of security analysts, enterprise IT is spending too much on software and services that don't make them more secure. "Managers and directors are throwing boxes and dollars at problems: sometimes in hopes of meeting a check-box requirement for a mandated control, and other times out of sheer desperation to address a real problem," said Jennifer Jab-busch, network security engineer at Siler City, NC.-based Carolina Advanced Digital Inc.