Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the optimality of various strategies for spending on information security. Being able to understand the strengths and weaknesses of spending strategies is useful to organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The author’s analysis begins with a whole-systems view of the security spending decision that encompasses people, technolog…
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the optimality of various strategies for spending on information security. Being able to understand the strengths and weaknesses of spending strategies is useful to organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The author’s analysis begins with a whole-systems view of the security spending decision that encompasses people, technology, and econo…