Options to Bridge Information Security Gaps

Information security is no different from the other investments that your company needs to consider when allocating resources. From an overall funding perspective, no absolute guidelines exist for information security spending. A company with a greater emphasis on security, such as a financial services firm, will invest more in security than most manufacturers or retailers. Industry averages range from 2% to 10% or more of the information technology budget being dedicated to information security.

Armed with the results of your gap analysis, you can produce your information security roadmap and use it to provide management with multiple alternatives for bridging these gaps. One alternative is to use ...

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