Where to Spend Your Security Budget Part 2: Evaluating Security Options
We've just posted another article on security budgeting and getting the most value for your money when it comes to choosing a combination of security measures. Here is an excerpt:
We all want to maximize the benefits of our security resources but it is not obvious how to do that. There is a wide array of risks that businesses must face; the applications we run and the processes that constitute our operations all harbor vulnerabilities. Security vendors provide an array of products that address many of the security threats in the constantly evolving environment of information security. No single set of product or process recommendations will work for every organization and even if, by some twist of fate, they did, the recommendations would have to change soon thereafter - security threats are continuously changing and adapting to the countermeasures we deploy. What we need is a method for choosing the optimal set of security products and processes given the requirements of a particular business at a specific point in time. That is the purpose of this article.
Get the full article, and others, at the Messaging and Web Security Digital Library. Other articles cover detecting stealth malware, the growing problem of localized malware, AJAX security, and third party database tools.
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