There is a chronic shortage of man power, money and system bandwidth to deal with the ever increasing number and complexity of IT security threats. What’s more, compliance and audit requirements deplete resources that could otherwise be used for fundamental security problems. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Mitch Christensen explains how existing staff and systems can be leveraged to satisfy compliance and audit requirements, with a look at increasing operational efficiency to improve overall business risk management. – In the current environment of limited IT staff and budget, efficiency is everything. Nowhere is this more applicable than for IT security teams. There simply aren’t enough staff and systems to meet the ever increasing challenges and requirements posed by compliance regulations, internal audits and b…