On November 1st, the world’s largest IT company set forth a major security initiative - developed over the past 18 months, IBM announced strategies to help its customers achieve “an enterprise free of fear” (their term). Big Blue is allocating $1.5 Billion and 200 security researchers to turn that vision into reality.
What does this mean to all of us?
Because IBM views compliance with regulations as one of the main drivers behind this initiative, their proposed new approach is based on a comprehensive and automated security risk management process. The goal is to provide CIOs and CISOs with tools and methodologies to automate the measurement and assessment of business processes and risks, as well as the costs of managing their information more effectively.
IBM's risk management framework is fleshed out with a family of security products that help address external threats - these include ISS, Watchfire, Fidelis Security Systems, PGP and Verdasys.
In future blogs we will take a closer look at what we already know about the IBM Security Framework , what we see on the horizon, and the Web Application Security and Network Vulnerability Assessment products that make it all work.
I, for one, welcome IBM's commitment to this space, and look forward to monitoring their progress with you!
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