A false economy
Jamal Elmellas looks at whether the short-term fix of cutting costs could have harmful long-term consequences
Over the course of the past year, we’ve seen businesses look to make the security function more efficient and streamlined which has inevitably led to cutbacks. Contraction in spend has also hit vendors, some of which have cut their workforce by between 10-20 percent (most recently Sophos cut back its global workforce by 10 percent in January), but security professionals across the board are now beginning to feel the pinch. The ISC2 . . .