According to research firm Gartner Inc., organizations that have attained a high level of information security can bring down such spending by 2008. Conversely organizations, which have not been able to reach a certain level of security or have not invested enough, may have to spend a greater part of their budget on security during the next few years.



In 2006, the number of companies, which have been spending more than a million per year on computer security and spam, has almost doubled. In spite of that they continue to suffer from internal and external security violations owing to employee carelessness and increased hacking practices. They experienced intra company attacks such as theft, sabotage or global destruction in computer networks. It is therefore important that the companies devote more attention to avoiding cyber crime.

The solutions to most IT problems lie in implementing appropriate technology efficiently and effectively. Organizations that suffer routine attacks and threats must be more mature in rooting out the problems. Security should be given executive attention, treated like a business issue, and not just a technology problem.

A layered defense is the best defense against security attacks. They overlap on the computer networks to detect and react to security violations. If multiple security measures are deployed, companies can detect a far greater number of attacks than with fewer controls. This way cyber crime can be held back more effectively.

Nowadays, we find functional convergence in security products. This refers to collating formal, collaborative strategies of cumulative security products of an organization to deliver benefits through reduced risk severity, increased operational efficiency, and reduced costs. The practice is to combine firewalls, antivirus, antispam, and host intrusion prevention into single products to provide a one time fully managed security.

Since time factor is important in deciding when to adopt a new security technology, an early investment on a technology may increase the risk of an immature technology, while too slow investment can enhance the risk of being left behind making the organization vulnerable.

Thus the above discussion points at the importance of computer security, which should be handled carefully and judiciously for maximum results.