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Security: The Odds are Against Totally Securing Complex Programs

By Dick Weisinger

Security is Hard.  That’s the title of a 2001 paper by Ross Anderson at the University of Cambridge, a paper that looked at the application of security from the perspective of an economist. Ross concludes that “much has been written

Security: CyberSecurity Concerns Cause Businesses to Boost their Investment in Security

By Dick Weisinger

Spending on security is on track for large increases over the coming years.  IDC estimates that security spending globally will increase nearly 10 percent annually through 2022.  Spending on security in 2018 is estimated to be $92.1 billion. Frank Dickson,

Security: The High Cost of Remedying Data Breaches

By Dick Weisinger

Your IT infrastructure has been breached.  Now what?  What are the implications?  What are the costs? Victims of data breaches will need to cough up a lot to remedy the loss.  A study commissioned by IBM and conducted by Ponemon

Security: Demand for Detection, Response and Privacy Products and Services Grows

By Dick Weisinger

More than $114 billion will be spent on information security products globally this year, according to a report by Gartner.  Next year the market is expected to grow at a rate of 8.7 percent, reaching $124 billion.  Gartner estimates that

Mega Breaches: Expensive in Terms of Both Dollars and Reputation

By Dick Weisinger

Megabreaches – security lapses that result in millions and millions of records being lost are becoming more common.  There’s enough examples available now that studies are being conducted to determine just what went wrong. IBM recently made a study of