IBM to spend $1.5 billion on computer security
IBM's security initiative would double IBM's security spending becuase of collaborative business models, sophisticated criminal attacks, and increasingly complex infrastructures
IBM will spend $1.5 billion developing computer security products in 2008, a sum that could double the company's previous spending. This $1.5 billion sum "is much more than we've ever spent," said Val Rahmani, a general manager in IBM's services unit who is responsible for security programs.
IBM will not say exactly how much it previously spent on data security, but analyst Charles King of Concord, Massachuestts-based Pund-IT Research said $1.5 billion could double IBM's typical spending on security research and product development.
IBM has issued a press release saying IT security is becoming more difficult because of collaborative business models, sophisticated criminal attacks, and increasingly complex infrastructures.
"For many enterprises, security is broken," Tom Noonan, general manager of IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS), said in a press release. Network World's Jon Brodkin writes that the company's initiative is fueled by recent security business acquisitions that are letting IBM roll out new services and products, including technology that analyzes data packets as they move across the network, detecting the transmission of confidential information; user compliance management software that performs continuous audits to detect violations that may affect availability of revenue-generating applications; and management software for Web application security and compliance.
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