Investing Internet Technology Windows Internet Tech. Report Summary Internet security markets are poised to grow as firewalls, encryption, messaging, and servers are implemented using a range of systems architectures. Market growth is being fueled by the need for transmission of transaction data and preservation of data integrity. Systems architectures are being impacted by the need for integration of security functions.
Security systems depend on fundamental architecture.
Two different security architectures are general perimeter protection and discrete but logically independent domains. New architectures will support administrative protection at multiple levels of the enterprise. The rise of the Internet has posed the problem of protection against external intrusion into the enterprise network. Discrete but logically independent domains within the enterprise need bi-directional protection from within the network as well as from external threat. Suppliers to this and other Internet initiatives are developing a market leadership position that will be difficult to dislodge by competitors that come later.