VantagePoint 2008: Security Vital Signs

Author(s): Trent Henry

Information security is evolving in 2008 in response to disruptive changes. Economic uncertainty, intensely collaborative styles of work, virtualization, increased outsourcing, and ongoing compliance pressures require careful consideration and adaptation. The vital signs of the market are relatively strong, with continued focus on information-centric controls, healthy debate about balancing endpoint and network protections, and a drive toward improved enterprise/business risk management. Vital signs within protection programs require work, however. Useful metrics programs are rare, despite their importance to governance activity. Learning what to measure, and sharing the results, will be important to individual organizations and the security industry at large.

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