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Re: Gartner's Security 3.0
From: "M.B.Jr." <marcio.barbado () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 18:33:10 -0200
Hello Nick, On 11/4/07, Nick Selby <nick.selby () the451group com> wrote:
They didn't stablished a precise number. Their suggestion ranges from 5 to 8 percent.*Disclosure: I'm an analyst at another company* is that analyst firms are there to make statements like that one not to actually set their users' budgets, but to help frame conversations.
Indeed.
I agree that an analyst making a blanket statement about how much to spend is kinda wacky - it's easy to see how difficult predicting that kind of thing would be for anyone, and I wonder why Gartner does it - in 2004 Gartner said, according to TechTarget: "By 2006, information security spending (including staff salaries and external services) will drop to 4% to 5% of IT budgets, on average, as enterprises improve security management and efficiency," said [Gartner Group's Victor] Wheatman. "The lowest-spending 20% of organizations, the most efficient ones, will safely reduce the share of security in the IT budget to 3% to 4% by 2006."* So in 2006, the average will spend 4% to 5%, the pikers and cheapskates 3%-4%, but in 2008 everyone will spend from 5%-8%? Cool!
Guess that is more like a correction due to some new threats and emerging TJX-powered fears. Lets remember that back in 2004, content filtering solutions was basically about parental control. Yours faithfully, -- Marcio Barbado, Jr. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This list is sponsored by: Cenzic Need to secure your web apps NOW? Cenzic finds more, "real" vulnerabilities fast. Click to try it, buy it or download a solution FREE today! http://www.cenzic.com/downloads ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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