Techs look to Cybersecurity to grow – answers
true/false
- Deals in cyber security are very popular at the moment. T: ‘heating up’
- New devices are more of a cyber security risk. F: it is the fact that we use a variety of devices that makes security an issue, not the devices themselves
- Hardware companies are recognising that they need a wider product portfolio to compete. T
- Software companies are an easy target for large hardware corporations. F: they are an attractive target
- HP and Intel have always offered one-stop shopping to their clients. F: this is their goal i.e. in the future (the question suggests an existing situation)
- Customers expect security to be in their hardware products. T: they demand it
- The hardware companies are reluctant to embed security software into their infrastructure. F: they want to do this – ‘bake security into their infrastructure’
- The demand for security is growing among hardware companies. F: this is growing among consumers
- People have had their identities stolen via hardware devices. T
- ArcSight is in the middle of a bidding war. F: this may now happen (future) as a result of an increase in their share price