Network World Editorials [1]  By John Dix [2], Network World, 03/22/07

In a recent study about spyware by Nemertes Research, Senior Vice President Andreas Antonopoulos was surprised to find that 16% of the companies examined were not concerned about the threat.

Suspecting that was because they were small companies, he dug deeper, but found they were some of the largest companies analyzed. He also discovered why they weren't concerned: they spent 6% to 8% of their IT budgets on security, twice what the average company spends.

Having shared this finding at the beginning of his presentation on security [3] at the recent Network World IT Roadmap conference in Boston, you would presume he spent the rest of the session beseeching buyers to go back and beat on the door of the executive suite demanding more dough.

But Antonopoulos - a Network World columnist - is a pragmatist and realizes most companies don't have that option. And time and again he reminded the crowd that technology is not always the answer to every new threat.

Read the rest of this article at Networkworld.com [4]