Shrinking Budgets Tie Hands of Security Pros

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday July 27, 2009 @01:31AM from the plastic-handcuffs-for-everyone dept.

An anonymous reader writes "RSA Conference released the results of a recent survey of security professionals regarding the critical security threats and infrastructure issues they currently face, including those exacerbated by the current economic climate. The study indicates that even though practitioners are most concerned about email phishing and securing mobile devices, technologies addressing these needs are at risk of being cut from IT budgets. The survey also asked what technology investments will likely be bypassed or curtailed due to spending freezes and budget cuts."

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Re:And then there will be a price to pay. by Hammer · 2009-07-27 02:09 · Score: 5, Interesting

And all of this is because IT never seems to be able to make management understand :
1) Security is not a cost but an insurance.
2) PHB's will never adhere to simple guidelines as to what is safe.
3) The bad guys are out there