Luke Scharf wrote:
Rafal @ IsHackingYou.com wrote:Hold the phone...$5k-$7k to fix an infected device!? Really? HOLY CRAP... either that's a completely made-up "FUD" figure, or the government contractors are making *way* too much money off my taxes.If you count lost productivity for both the IT staff who has to fix the device, and the person who actually uses it. Plus, the amount of time people spend trying to secure the device and the network and against similar mistakes in the future... Not to mention the time spent on forensics, if it's a new virus, or if the problem was particularly egregious.It costs a business money when a computer is down, just like it costs a factory money when a widget-maker is down. Remember that IT budgets exist because people use the resources we provide -- not the other way around. (People don't exist to use computers.)
Darn, I forgot to actually put my point in the e-mail... My point was that I find that number somewhat believable, if you count all of the things I mention. :-)
-Luke
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