Monday Morning Quarterback
SECURITY
We said UTMS (Unified Threat Management Systems) were not cool in 2006. Sure enough, they're just surviving, while IPS and NAC are thriving. On the other hand, we also said pure-play IPS was disappearing, and yet, they're still around. Chalk that up to timing. We stand by the prediction, it's just taking longer than we thought.
We said security spending would be based on regulatory requirements, and that's all we've heard all year. Of course, that was an easy one. Sadly, the "Return on Security Investment" spending methodology we predicted did not come to pass. We're still spending on ROI and compliance. But compliance is awfully close to ROSI, isn't it?
Finally, we noted an uptick in organized attacks as opposed to the lone script kiddie. This trend will, unfortunately, continue.
Don MacVittie is a senior technology editor at Network Computing. Write to him at dmacvittie@ nwc.com.
