No company is immune to the economy's ebb and flow. So it's no surprise that, in the face of a fearsome downturn, IT shops are scrambling to figure out where they should cut. The big three analyst firms -- Forrester Research, Gartner and IDC -- are busily slashing their IT spending projections. IDC predicted that in the United States, IT spending will decline to negative 0.9% this year, down sharply from a pre-crisis forecast of 4.2% growth.
With numbers like those, IT might feel inclined to panic. But now is the time to stand tough. When IT spending goes down leaving the network to attacks then it is hackers who will be feasting this decision.
Thus the theme Hackers are ready. Are you?
There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.
- George Bernard Shaw
A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.
- Doug Linder
You can't hold firewalls and IDS accoutable. You can only hold people accountable.
- Deryl White
The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards.
- Gene Spafford
Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people.
- Bruce Schneier