There are two primary focus points to any business security
program: protection of data and compliance with federal regulations. Considering that confidential data is often the heart
of a successful business plan, it would be easily assumed that protecting such
data would be business’ priority one. However, Forrester
Research has just released a
report that proves otherwise.
According to Dave Rosenberg’s Software, Interrupted at Cnet
News, Forrester’s report shows that federal compliance rather than data
protection is the focus of most security programs, to the extent that most
businesses are actually still at significant risk for data breach even with a
compliant security system in place.
Clearly, these findings make the case for integrated
security solutions that can provide both security and compliance, instead of
simply one or the other.