Small security vendors have only five years to live, says Home Retail Group

Charlee Gothard
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You're staring into the abyss, SMBs

There will be no small security vendors left within five years. So predicted Home Retail Group head of information security Lee Barney at InfoSec Europe in London today, who argued that they wi...

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