The problem with offering incident response along with IDS/monitoring is
credibility.  If you conveniently fail to detect the intrusion, or you
detect it too late, and then you come stomping in after the fact to bill
a ton of hours, how does that make you look?  If you guys have any good
solutions to that issue, I'd love to hear about them.

-gabe

On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 09:58:32PM -0500, Frank Knobbe wrote:
> That's how see it too. However, one can argue that if they are cheap
> enough, why not hiring them instead of a security administrator for
> some cost savings? (Ignoring any technical issues for this argument)
> Also, if they could provide some service beyond just monitoring and
> alerting (i.e. immediate incident response), then they might be
> something to consider.
> 
> Is anyone reading this considering such a service? I would like to
> hear some opinions from people that either have this services or are
> seriously considering it.
> 
> 
> BTW: Reading one of Mark's earlier emails, it looks like he was
> talking about something else, not monitoring services. Mark, do you
> mind if we borrow this thread? ;)
> 
> Regards,
> Frank
> 
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