Layoffs, mergers, acquisitions, closed facilities can and do create more business for security departments-in the short term.
But in the long term, in this slow economy, where in some places it's a recession, many organizations are slowing their budget growth or cutting costs more aggressively than since the early 1990s. Many firms are stalling technology upgrade plans. With security operations more dependent on information technology, a squeeze in IT spending reflects on protection plans.