ABSTRACT
Many organizations struggle to quantify their return on investment (ROI) for technology purchases. In fact, the technology industry is rife with analyst organizations and consulting groups that spend tremendous amounts of money researching the topic for organizations worldwide. In this guest-written chapter by RSA Security Director of Product Marketing, Derek Brink, we bring you a primer on how to begin assessing and planning for ROI when you are thinking of implementing a public key infrastructure. For a more detailed discussion of this topic, please reference the RSA Press/McGraw-Hill book titled
PKI: Implementing and Managing E-Security
, by Nash, Duane, Joseph, and Brink. This chapter is not about technology; it is about time and money. That
is, organizations often ask for help with not only the technology case, but also the business case for their investments in public key infrastructure (PKI). In other words, what is the return on investment (ROI) for PKI?
