I.T. Security: "Big Is The New Small" Redux

Mike Rothman, the man behind Security Incite, has posted yet another excellent post on his blog called Revisiting Big is The New Small. It is an excellent piece loaded with sharp insight and a very good sense of humor.

Anyone interested in the security market and how people contend with nonsensical sales pitch from the security vendors while all they want is good enough security (which doesn’t mean that this is an ideal situation) from big companies should definitely read that post. Here are some chosen quotes:

[...] the original concept behind Big is the New Small is that customers were tired of dealing with crappy little vendors. They'd much rather deal with bloated, unresponsive, lumbering vendors.

BAM! Reload, shoot:

There are many that cling to the "best of breed" myth. It's even funnier when you think about folks positioning their offerings as "integrated best of breed," whether it happens on the perimeter or on the devices. Or even in security management. Integration/unification and best of breed are opposites. Oil and water. You get the picture. It just doesn't happen.

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without anything that is truly innovative (and it's been quite a while since we've seen true innovation in the security space), customers have no choice but to go with good enough. Most of the new companies out there are focused on "better, faster, cheaper" models of improving the way things are already done.