Stories about: TruSecure

In 2010, information security will be much better than it is today. But between then and now, everything will get inconceivably worse.

The more you patch, the more you need to patch, and the more kludgy and terrifyingly unpredictable your systems and applications become. Is there any way to escape this horror?

As information technology became more interconnected and integral to an organisation's prosperity, its security was separated from the person who issued ID badges and ensured that fire regulations were observed. But the pendulum is swinging again.

According to the 2002 Australian Computer Crime and Security Survey, 70 per cent of Australian organisations increased their expenditure on information security in the 12 months prior to the study being conducted. The survey was produced jointly by AusCERT, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and the NSW Police Service, and its findings may well reflect how prominent security has become in the minds of chief executives and boards, especially since September 11, 2001. However, to be effective the right person, at the right level in the organisation, needs to be in charge of information and systems security, and this has not always been the case.

Security is the biggest concern for anyone engaged in e-business, no doubt about it. However, it's no longer a matter of whether companies have security--if they don't, they won't be in business long--but just how effective that security is.