Certification - May 2008 - (Page 22) tion for laptops and other computers become more available. Consolidation Trends Due to mergers and acquisitions, a notable commercial characteristic of many logical security technologies is their continuing consolidation into the hands of fewer larger vendors than before. This may or may not be a good thing for corporate consumers depending on the technology or business particulars of the situation. That is, which vulnerabilities did the data governance effort reveal, and what is the future of available tools and techniques that address them? A build-versus-buy decision process should include a survey of vendor and product stability within the solutions marketplace. One of the most notable examples of security technology consolidation was the 2005 acquisition of storage software company Veritas by Symantec, a network management and security software manufacturer. The problem this combination faced from the outset was acceptance among large company purchasers who could not reconcile their original technological and sales channel differences. The potential damage stemming from data privacy breaches is only one of many compelling reasons to focus on information and data security. Similar issues surround corporate intellectual property, trade secrets and national security. security functions built in to its data manipulation language. Traditionally, a high-volume data processing and legacy migration tool, CoSort now includes field-level privacy functions including encryption, de-identification, pseudonymization, masking and redaction. By combining role-based access controls with transformation, conversion and reporting, CoSort allows data warehousing, business intelligence and compliance activities to coexist within the same runtime and cultural paradigms. Products such as Symantec’s NetBackup and IRI’s CoSort are just two examples of what Protiviti, a risk management consultancy with an IT focus, has described as a move from device-centric security to data-centric security. Nonetheless, Symantec’s vision is compelling. The company believes and has stated that security will become a feature of infrastructure products rather than a core offering. It should be more efficient to bundle security, whether the perspective is purchasing, implementation, runtime or maintenance. It also is less expensive than buying best-of-breed, pure-play solutions at every turn, something to consider in a down economy. Following this logic, in 2007, Innovative Routines International (IRI) released the ninth version of its flagship CoSort package with targeted, auditable 22 CERTIFICATION MAGAZINE May 2008
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