Submission + - InfoSec Spending Up AND Down by 2008
oKAMi-InfoSec writes: "Research firm Gartner, predicts, in this article by Sandra Rossi, that organizations
with a high level of information security practice can reduce their
spending on infosec to only 3 to 4 percent of their overall IT budget
by 2008. Organizations that have underspent or inefficiently
secured their systems, however, may need to spend over 8 percent of
their IT budget on infosec.
Gartner goes on to explain that most information security problems have viable solutions available, but lack an efficient and effective implementation that would enable organizations to focus on emerging threats.
Rich Mogull of Gartner indicates that it is not merely about "security", it is about "security process", implying that security is not just a technology problem, it is a legitimate business issue and must be handled as such, including the requisite executive attention.
Where will this money be spent: Gartner predicts that some more mature technologies, such as spam filtering are moving toward broad usage and less mature technologies, such as biometrics are more than a decade away.
Compliance with government and industry regulations also take a big hit out of the infosec budget."
Gartner goes on to explain that most information security problems have viable solutions available, but lack an efficient and effective implementation that would enable organizations to focus on emerging threats.
Rich Mogull of Gartner indicates that it is not merely about "security", it is about "security process", implying that security is not just a technology problem, it is a legitimate business issue and must be handled as such, including the requisite executive attention.
Where will this money be spent: Gartner predicts that some more mature technologies, such as spam filtering are moving toward broad usage and less mature technologies, such as biometrics are more than a decade away.
Compliance with government and industry regulations also take a big hit out of the infosec budget."
