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Greg Young
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6 years at Gartner
22 years IT security

Greg Young is a research vice president in Gartner and the lead analyst for network security. Mr. Young has experience in IT security in product companies, and in both the private and public sectors. He spent his military career in technology security… Read Full Bio

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Infrastructure Protection Hype Cycle 2008 is Finished!

by Greg Young  |  September 23, 2008  |  2 Comments

(whew) 

The 2008 Hype Cycle for Infrastructure Protection presents a significant change from the previous edition.  Several technologies have been obsolesced, some new ones included, and some have been merged together.  Like a game of king of the hill, the top of the peak of inflated expectations is somewhat unoccupied but both slopes are crowded. One side with a pack of baying safeguards of increasing hype who smell blood in your security budget, and on the other a rush of those departing quickly with their eyes lowered in shame, and reaching for sunglasses and a floppy hat.

Now my full attention is returned to completing the Enterprise Firewall Magic Quadrant, preparing a new presentation on security in the cloud, and starting up the IPS Magic Quadrant.

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  • 1 Stiennon   September 23, 2008 at 4:47 pm

    Dare I post on a Gartner website? Will I be automatically blocked? Are there IDS filters set to go off if Stiennon even *looks* at Gartner research? :-)

    Just kidding. But really it is so frustrating to have you talk about the process of creating a great new report and them not have access to it!

    Good sales technique though.

    -RS

  • 2 Greg Young   September 23, 2008 at 5:07 pm

    Hi Richard –
    Haven’t you heard? Some influential research firm said something definitive about IDS….

    Greg