A recent Forrester Research report, The state of security in SMBs and enterprises, confirms what you have already told us — security will be the No. 1 priority for SMBs in 2007.

IT security enhancements tied for first place among infrastructure priorities this year, and they took second place among software initiatives. Furthermore, firms of all sizes will be investing in a bevy of security technologies in 2006 and 2007: The widgets most in demand are network access control, security information management, and network firewalls.

Forty-six percent of respondents to a recent SearchSMB.com poll on 2007 priorities said security was first on their list. What I found interesting was Forrester’s breakdown of security topics. Do you agree with Forrester’s list? Let me know what areas of security your organization plans to focus on in 2007.

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