Offloading The Security Burden

While many of Jay Mellon's clients are "finally" recognizing the value of investing in security – helped by a higher awareness of an increasing number of products on the market – they also realize that "they can't … solve their security problems by just hiring an engineer." Rather, says Mellon, CEO of AtNetPlus, a solution provider based in Stow, Ohio, they need someone to provide the right tools and people. That's where AtNetPlus comes in.

The businesses don't want to hire for security so they tell Mellon, "I'd rather hire you guys to do that … I just don't want to deal with this anymore," he said.

Here are four key findings from the study.