Cyber Security Institute
§ Current Worries
Top 3 Worries
- Regulations
- Old Firewall Configurations
- Security Awareness
§ Listening
For the best information
- The underground
- Audible
- Executive Excellence
- Music (to keep me sane)
§ Watching
For early warnings
- 150 Security Websites
- AP Newsfeeds
- Vendors
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
A Snapshot of Security Project Plans, the Security Market and Vendor Mindshare
This article shows the current security trends in a series of charts
From the perspective of corporate security projects:
- The fastest growing project space is Authentication, Encryption and Intrusion;
- Security management is still just the leader but the trends show it deminishing over time;
- Wireless security is growing slowly as a priority item.
For entreprise software:
1. Directory Services with 30% percent of respondents consistenly stating that this has been their number 1 priority for the past 12 months.
2. ERP, which has taken over from CRM.
3. CRM
4. Groupware
5. Vertical industries
6. Document Management
For Web Technologies:
1. Web Service, showing very strong upward trending over the past 12 months.
2. Other
3. Site Development
4. Portals
5. E-Commerce
6. Content Management
Other charts showing the top ten security vendors and the October 2004 priorities.
Research comes from IDC and ZDNET.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9596_22-5429425.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnet