Security

A company's major risks used to be its reputation and financial loss. Nick Galletto, partner with Deloitte Security Services,

Unless you own a car dealership or hold an executive position with Amazon.com, you're probably going with "B," right?

Small, medium, and large organizations in North America are increasing their spending on security products and services over the next few years to the extent that end-user expenditures will grow 78 per cent between 2003 and 2007, from US$4.5 billion to $8 billion, according to a study released last fall by San Jose-based Infonetics Research, Inc. Titled User Plans for Security Products and Services, North America 2003, the study covers security products, security services and PKI.

People often talk about embedding the practice of security into the business processes of an enterprise. Francis D'Addario, the CSO of Starbucks Corp. in Seattle, Wash., has taken that notion one step further. D'Addario's Partner and Asset Protection group literally steeps in the Starbucks culture and philosophy.