Ben Nagy wrote:
>
Great comments on the necessity of patches.
Vendors need to simplify the process.
> Lots of people forget, though, that it's OKAY not to have a secure network.
> It really is. if you're not a high threat target and if you've done the risk
> assessments on your existing model and if you're comfortable that a breach
> won't sink your business you can just live with it.
The targets of DDOS activity launched from unsecure systems may not
agree with that statement. More importantly, their lawyers and a
jury in a civil suit may not.
--
Gary Flynn
Security Engineer - Technical Services
James Madison University
Please R.U.N.S.A.F.E.
http://www.jmu.edu/computing/info-security/engineering/runsafe.shtml
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