Episode 47 – The IT Security Industry Winter

Amrit Williams, BigFix CTO talks with Peter Kuper, former analyst Morgan Stanley and SC Gowen, now associated with the IANS organization on the impact of the recession on the security industry. IT security spending is down, and with it, investments in security start-ups and innovation initiatives. Kuper believes that good new technologies and well managed companies can still attract investors and customers. Furthermore, the industry supports tier of robust, established private IT security companies weathering and even prospering in current conditions. While the short term remains challenging, Kuper believes that good technologies and companies can still get a foothold in the current economic environment.

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