We can then proactively help define our client corporations' technology and security curves. Here's a look at how we might evaluate a technology for security risk prior to deployment. We'll look at a hypothetical infrastructure device called Frobnitz. Let's say Frobnitz is deployed across a corporation to prioritize data transmissions on local networks based on whether or not the data originated from a company executive. First, we must ask why Frobnitz is being deployed in the first place.
Security becomes more manageable when placed in the proper context.
The security solutions will be quite different if we consider two hypothetical conditions. The first situation has the device used internally by senior executives to improve network performance. In this case, the overall benefit is minimal, so neither the risk posture nor the expenditure to secure the device should be disproportionate. A minimum need for security translates into nominal investment. In the second scenario, the executives are performing business critical tasks like board meetings and strategic planning sessions between headquarters and remote locations over the Internet and including executives from other companies.