Data Lockdown

Inc., August, 2006 by Michael Fitzgerald

When it comes to data security, peace of mind is fleeting at best. Just when you've sequestered your precious information behind the highest wall money can buy, some malevolent hacker inevitably figures out a way to undermine your plan. Or one of your software vendors announces a security flaw that needs immediate patching.

Perhaps that explains why security spending is the fastest-growing part of IT spending, according to market researcher International Data Corp. The information security industry is also complex, especially for those who are less than tech savvy. Do you need a software firewall? A hardware firewall? Both? The fact is, while there are scores and scores of so-called solutions, none of them can solve every potential security problem facing today's Web-driven...