http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/19/BU22174LP1.DTL By Deborah Gage Chronicle Staff Writer April 19, 2009 Several thousand people are expected at Moscone Center in San Francisco this week for the RSA Conference, one of the world's largest meetings on cybersecurity. However, although cybersecurity appears to be worse than ever, with attacks on companies and consumers growing more targeted and clever, attendance at the conference is expected to be down this year because of tight travel budgets. RSA is even offering scholarships to 25 security pros who have been laid off and want to keep up their skills. "The economic downturn and what impact that has for security is going to be a big theme," said Tim Mather, the conference's chief security strategist. Companies are decreasing their investments in security, at least in some areas, in order to save money, said Chenxi Wang, an analyst at Forrester Research. They buy what they need to comply with federal security regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley but are investing less in security for applications, like browsers, even though more than 75 percent of attacks are now targeted there, she said. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/Received on Tue Apr 21 2009 - 03:11:44 PDT
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