On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Ron DuFresne wrote:

> > [1] 68% of North American companies experienced a Nimda event.
> 
> That has to be a dramatic and reserved understatement.

I don't believe so, that's the last representation of the data that I saw.
What I don't recall is if NIMDA was done before, after, or during the ICSA 
Labs virus prevalence survey[1].  Generally, if it's before the data is 
very accurate and the sample size very large, if it's during the the 
extrapolation is near but the size smaller, and if it's after, then the 
sample size is much smaller though the numbers are still close.  In our 
customer base, the incidence was less than 1.2% (including new and 
non-certified sites.) 

We actually track and scientifically survey for virus prevalence, as well 
as get data from our customers so I'm confident the numbers are accurate.

I'll have to check something before I theorize why the general rate wasn't 
significantly higher.


Paul
[1] It's available somewhere at www.icsalabs.com, the methodology is 
documented, I'm running late, so I can't grab a copy, you probably have to 
register to get a copy but it is otherwise free, and TruSecure pays my 
bills and owns ICSA Labs.
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