Re: [ISN] A Tempting Offer for Russian Pair

From: InfoSec News (isnat_private)
Date: Tue May 20 2003 - 22:19:48 PDT

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    Forwarded from: Russell Coker <russellat_private>
    
    On Tue, 20 May 2003 17:10, InfoSec News wrote:
    
    > Morgenstern hired an expensive security consultant from Silicon
    > Valley to respond to the hackers and ordered his systems
    > administrators to do a complete analysis of the E-Money systems for
    > other vulnerabilities, tasks that he estimates ended up costing his
    > company more than $1 million in fees, lost business and new computer
    > equipment.
    
    Yes, sometimes it does cost an extra $1M to correctly install a
    network to be secure.  Sometimes installing a secure network requires
    expensive consultants and better hardware.  Sometimes making things
    secure takes longer and you miss some marketting opportunities.
    
    It's what you have to do if you want things to run properly.  
    Complaining about being hacked and then having to pay extra to get
    security is like complaining about leaving your umbrella at home and
    being forced to buy one from an expensive store when a thunderstorm
    starts.  There's no point complaining about such things, you knew the
    risks, took a chance, and it didn't work out.
    
    Usually when you take a chance on computer security it won't work out.
    
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    http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/  My home page
    
    
    
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