Re: Gartner's Security 3.0

Hello Nick,

On 11/4/07, Nick Selby <nick.selby_at_the451group.com> wrote:
>
> > They didn't stablished a precise number. Their suggestion ranges from
> > 5 to 8 percent.
>
> *Disclosure: I'm an analyst at another company*
>
>
> is that analyst firms are there to make statements like that one not to actually set their
> users' budgets, but to help frame conversations.

Indeed.

> I agree that an analyst making a blanket statement about how much to spend is kinda
> wacky - it's easy to see how difficult predicting that kind of thing would be for anyone, and I
> wonder why Gartner does it - in 2004 Gartner said, according to TechTarget:
>
> "By 2006, information security spending (including staff salaries and external services) will
> drop to 4% to 5% of IT budgets, on average, as enterprises improve security management
> and efficiency," said [Gartner Group's Victor] Wheatman. "The lowest-spending 20% of
> organizations, the most efficient ones, will safely reduce the share of security in the IT
> budget to 3% to 4% by 2006."*
>
> So in 2006, the average will spend 4% to 5%, the pikers and cheapskates 3%-4%, but in
> 2008 everyone will spend from 5%-8%? Cool!
>

Guess that is more like a correction due to some new threats and
emerging TJX-powered fears.
Lets remember that back in 2004, content filtering solutions was
basically about parental control.

Yours faithfully,

-- 
Marcio Barbado, Jr.
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