From: fergus (fergus@cobbled.net)
Date: Mon Apr 26 2004 - 16:13:42 EDT
On 26.04-17:24, miguel.dilaj@pharma.novartis.com wrote:
[ ... ]
> The risk of being blamed for hacking activities, DoS, storing child porn,
> etc., have to be considered as well, and absolutely every individual and
> company out there is exposed to that if someone can compromise their
> systems. The publicity impact can be also very serious.
>
> I can perfectly understand your recent discussion if we don't take into
> account the above, and I tend to agree with you (if I understood you
> correctly). Both of you are partially right.
it's not an issue of correctness or methodology it
is a question of politics - or more specifically
perceived risk.
i run a small business for small businesses. it
includes security auditing (as well as other
services). if i produce a report that doesn't fit
on a stick-it note then it better be critical -
and more importantly - perceived as such; at least
by the end of a short discussion.
n.b: critical ~ make/save money
why? small business is _all_ about priorities. and
mainly short term priorities. other things are
basically overheads (of time, money and probably
both) to be avoided at all costs.
n.b: priorities ~ cash flow
if security fits on that list they're probably
selling it.
hey - i'm not saying this is universal, i'm just
saying don't jump in too deep. i've done it - it
will only get returns in very specific cases (of
which i've yet to come across).
good luck,
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