<a href="http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0519/web-spend-05-22-03.asp">Security spending forecast: $6B</a>

FCW quotes an Input report that predicts a 43% increase in the US Government’s security spending.

As Sky Masterson would say, that’s a lotta lettuce.

Vendors hoping to get some of it should look at FIPS compliance, especially 140 and the emerging 199 since most gov’t agencies do require adherence to these standards.