At this point, most of us are using a variety of software packages, hardware appliances, and communications protocols to secure our computers, networks, and traffic. Needless to say, the list of potential tools we employ includes (but is not limited to) firewalls, IDSes, mandatory access control schemes, PKI, SSL, "personal" cryptography systems (e.g., GPG/PGP), IPv6/IPsec, and VPNs.
In your opinion, over time, how will these disparate features and systems consolidate? Where are the logical points of consolidation? What might our security toolsets look like in five years?
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At this point, most of us are using a variety of software packages, hardware appliances, and communications protocols to secure our computers, networks, and traffic. Needless to say, the list of potential tools we employ includes (but is not limited to) firewalls, IDSes, mandatory access control schemes, PKI, SSL, "personal" cryptography systems (e.g., GPG/PGP), IPv6/IPsec, and VPNs.
In your opinion, over time, how will these disparate features and systems consolidate? Where are the logical points of consolidation? What might our security toolsets look like in five years?