Hello, I was wondering if anyone had a good process/methodology for determining the ROI for the network/security practice. More specifically, how to demonstrate to the executive level that a certain technology is necessary in their terms: How will it save our company money? I know this is rather vague since most technologies will be looked at differently. For example, a tape backup system might be communicated as the price to implement vs. the price of 1+ "major disaters". How could you come up with the price of a "major disaster"? Another example (currently working with a client toward) is implementing an Intrusion Detection System. How would you demonstrate to managment that looking through firewall logs all day is not as efficient or effective as the monitoring of traffic "real-time" with the added functionality of event analysis?
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