Bad news for the economy good news for security

Well the world economy is in the toilet , this we know . However there is a silver lining to this for the security industry. Increased insider threat will push business cases for data leakage prevention solutions and increased associated services like computer forensics (think customer lists walking out the door to compettitors ). Information security will share the pain of large projects getting put on hold or not getting approval to start. Also for the professionals the amateurs will shake out as the pros refine their service offerings to meet the changed client needs while the amateurs get stuck in a downward spiral on rates on commodity services like infrastructure pen tests and "security reviews". Also consolidation will drive better services to the customer with larger providers being able to offer more of a" one stop shop "

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