If you accept that security is a process, and if you can eliminate the human interaction or intervention in that process by automating more, that is a good thing.

If you accept that security is a process, and if you can eliminate the human interaction or intervention in that process by automating more, that is a good thing.

There has been no appreciable improvement in our country's ability to produce the kind of talent we need in this space. There have been some small initiatives around the country that have been noteworthy.

What we are seeing now is customers shifting their attention from security products like firewalls and intrusion sensors, to the policies that need to be in place, and the technologies that help them enforce policy compliance.

Second issue is the rapidly accelerating increase in the number of vulnerabilities that get discovered every day. And, equally importantly, is the shortening of time between the discovery of the vulnerability and the release of an exploit.

Well Web services are nothing more than a way for users to interact with applications.

One of the things that has been truly incredible to observe though, is the amount of venture investment that has gone into early stage security technology.