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Source: NewsFactor - Posted by Jen Olson   
Network Security 'Of course, this risk and vulnerability assessment process is continual [because] the price of security is eternal vigilance,' IDC vice president Chris Christiansen told NewsFactor. When asked what he believes would be the ultimate network security system, Charles Kolodgy, Internet security group research manager at IDC, told NewsFactor that the ultimate network security system would be one with no connections. . . . 'Of course, this risk and vulnerability assessment process is continual [because] the price of security is eternal vigilance,' IDC vice president Chris Christiansen told NewsFactor. When asked what he believes would be the ultimate network security system, Charles Kolodgy, Internet security group research manager at IDC, told NewsFactor that the ultimate network security system would be one with no connections.

Kolodgy's colleague, IDC Internet security group program vice president Chris Christiansen, called the phrase "ultimate network security system" a misnomer, because the process does not start with technology.

"Product selection is last and possibly the least important step, Christiansen told NewsFactor. "Network security without equal emphasis on physical systems, applications and even data security [resembles] a strong foundation built on a sandy beach in the hurricane belt."

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