Is it really best to be on the leading edge? Or is it better to be a fast follower? This is an age-old strategy question relevant to companies in a wide array of markets. Leading-edge security pros are those who try relatively untested ideas, tools, approaches. Fast followers take fewer risks; by copying ideas tested and refined elsewhere, they have fewer failures. The downside of a leading-edge approach is that you will spend time and money on ideas that don’t pan out.”]
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