Where's the Priority for Security?

In today's economy, you may be looking for ways to cut the IT budget, reduce costs and keep your own job. Cutting or reducing recurring costs may be one way you're looking to keep the budget down. Unfortunately most recurring costs are associated with maintenance, or security subscriptions. Neither of which are ideal candidates for reduction or elimination.

Security may be one area you think you can get away with not having for a little while, the same way you think about insurance. It's a risk not to have it, and of course the first breach in security will have paid for having had the security.

In today's tough economy, there's probably more hackers and more malware trying to get into your organization, so any reduction in the level of security will probably prove to be a catastrophe for your organization. It may be that you'll need to spend a little more to save money in the long run, but don't skimp on security in these troubled times.