How To Stretch Your Security Dollar

itwbennett writes "Taking an aspirin a day will keep you headache-free but it can also reduce your risk of heart attack. You're definitely getting your money's worth out of that bitter little pill. But experts say you can also get additional ROI from security, business continuity, disaster recovery and compliance investments, writes Daniel Dern in a recent article. In fact, you can get 'double or triple the value from "side effects,"' observes Jim Cuff, VP of strategy, Iron Mountain Digital. For example, tools purchased for compliance management can also help identify redundancies and other inefficiencies. Security appliances don't just provide security; they can also be used for performance and bandwidth management, and enforcing acceptable use policies. Or take the next step and use disaster recovery resources 'for part of your active environment, like load balancing, test and develop and QA, and backup, not something you have just in case,' urges Greg Schulz, founder and senior analyst of the StorageIO Group. And for the ultimate bang for your buck, take your facilities and knowledge and turn them into an external business offering."

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Aspirin shmaspirin

[musicalmicah]

Actually, daily doses of aspirin can be harmful to many different sorts of individuals, though the parallel still stands, I suppose: just as many industry-prescribed security policies can have beneficial "side effects" for your business, they can also yield unintended consequences that generate more cost--and real risks (the feeling of security often leads to less of it!)--due to lack of careful planning or proper implementation.

Aspirin

[Dunbal]

Taking an aspirin a day will keep you headache-free

      Dear submitter,

      Since you insist on doling out pharmaceutical advice be aware that your statement is utterly false. Fortunately you won't be held as accountable as we practitioners are. Lucky you. I could lose my house because of something like this.

      You obviously have never heard of analgesic rebound headaches.

      Just in case you don't believe me. There, I'm bored. You look for the rest.

      A tip - if you have constant headaches, see your doctor instead of taking aspirin or some other analgesic every day.

      Love,

      A physician.