In a column for The Wall Street Journal, Andrea Matwyshyn offers information security advice to companies making technology purchases. Noting that companies are expected to spend more than $3 trillion on workplace technology in 2017, Matwyshyn warns that purchasers tend to only consider cost, reliability and deployment and often fail to consider the security of such technology, and "I've seen them pay the price for that." She continues: "Companies need to understand from the start that their information is only as safe as their most vulnerable piece of workplace technology. And the growth of the Internet of Things will only exacerbate that." In response, Matwyshn offers "some basic steps that companies that are smart about security take when purchasing new workplace technology." (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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