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Re: The Return on Investment of Good Security
From: tony_l_turner () yahoo com
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 15:20:39 +0000
I've always felt that any attempts to calculate ROI for security investments led to confusion. There really is no return on investment, just mitigated or avoided risk. Its similar to buying insurance (although that creates a certain amount of risk transference) but either is a completely different scenario then buying a server or a new DBMS that directly translates to increased transaction volume or decreased contact times. ROI on security is a misnomer. It is an attempt to justify security expenditures and while some sort of model is needed to represent the impact for the investment and the returns gained, ROI seems a poor choice. ------Original Message------ From: Adriel T. Desautels Sender: listbounce () securityfocus com To: pen-test list Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com Sent: Jan 2, 2009 6:45 PM Subject: The Return on Investment of Good Security Latest blog entry for those who care. This one compares the Return on Investment of good security services to the Return on Investment of poor quality security services. As usual comments and criticisms are welcome and appreciated. Direct link as requested: http://snosoft.blogspot.com/2009/01/cost-of-good-security-is-fraction-of.html Adriel T. Desautels ad_lists () netragard com -------------------------------------- Subscribe to our blog http://snosoft.blogspot.com Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
Current thread:
- Re: The Return on Investment of Good Security tony_l_turner (Jan 05)
- Re: The Return on Investment of Good Security Adriel T. Desautels (Jan 05)
- Re: The Return on Investment of Good Security Tony (Jan 05)
- RE: The Return on Investment of Good Security Daniel I. Didier (Jan 05)
- RE: The Return on Investment of Good Security Warren Brunson (Jan 05)
- Re: The Return on Investment of Good Security Tony (Jan 05)
- Re: The Return on Investment of Good Security Adriel T. Desautels (Jan 05)
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- The Return on Investment of Good Security Adriel T. Desautels (Jan 05)
- Re: The Return on Investment of Good Security Eitan Adler (Jan 05)
- RE: The Return on Investment of Good Security Mercurio, Michael D (Dante) (Jan 05)
- Re: The Return on Investment of Good Security Adriel T. Desautels (Jan 05)
- Re: The Return on Investment of Good Security adeel hussain (Jan 06)
- Re: The Return on Investment of Good Security Ed Fuller (Jan 06)