Security spending rising for data centers, surveys show
As the director of global security at Hewitt Associates LLC, Dan Josephites is taking a multifaceted approach to bolstering defenses at his company, which is the nation’s largest human resources outsourcer. Firewall, antivirus and other intrusion-detection technologies are a key part of the strategy. But Hewitt is also shoring up its internal networks, performing network and application-level penetration testing, and working with developers to ensure secure code on all Web-facing applications. “We are spending more on security, there’s no two ways about it,” Josephites said. Full Story