Episode 12 – Of Firewalls and VPNs: Two Examples of IT Security Business Enablement
Amrit Williams, CTO of BigFix, Inc., and Sam Curry, VP of Product Management and Strategy at RSA, The Security Division of EMC, review the current debate on whether IT security is about keeping bad things from happening, or as a means to enable business value generation. Recounting their experience in the IT industry and as colleagues at former employers, Amrit and Sam cite the development of virtual private network (VPN) and personal firewall technologies as examples of IT security enabling new ways to conduct business and generate value on the Internet and other public networks.
