Webinar: A service approach to managing security in a down economy

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These days firms’ IT departments not only have to support the business, they also have to make a recognised contribution to it by enabling improved agility and speed giving the business the ability to move in and out of new markets quickly.

And for those tasked with risk management, today’s global business dynamics throw up even more challenges.

The economic downturn has produced a dynamic of cost cutting and IT departments are experiencing a lot of downward financial pressure. Yet the activities of one group of IT users have not been curtailed by the recession: electronic attackers. In the recession hackers are taking opportunity of firms’ IT spending cut backs which may be compromising their IT security apparatus.

The traditional way of protecting electronic information has been to implement a variety of IT security technologies designed to counteract specific individual threats. Yet today’s sources of electronic attack, or threat vectors, are much more varied and subtle and businesses need to employ equally more subtle and varied approaches to protect themselves. It may well be the case that in order to stay ahead firms needs to tap into the specialist knowledge of firms who can offer, on a service basis, cost-effective, counter measures against recognised threats that reduce risk to the business.

This webinar will aim to highlight how a service approach can be employed in order to manage IT risks. It will highlight: