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Re: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions
From: Mike Hoskins <mike () adept org>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 14:01:57 -0700 (PDT)
On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, R. DuFresne wrote:
Which raises a question also; if the employer pays for you to get certified, and many do, then where do the loyalties of the certified professional lay? <see below>
Another good question. :) I hate cross-boundary analogies, but a similar question could be raised wrt medical workers. Do they stay loyal to their doctorate oaths, or to the institutions paying their sallaries? One certainly hopes the prior loyalty overrides the latter's monetary motivation. (It seems to.)
We found this to be based more upon the corporate climate then an adherence to an ethical standing based upon principals equated to a certifying authority.
Fair enough...
How many MSSP's actually proclaim they will not allow a *paying* client to shoot themselves in the foot though? Are there known instances from the group that have gone the outsourced route whence the MSSP refused to impliment a policy change that was requested from authorized personnel for the client? The question might well arise about who is actually in control of the managed service...the payee or the payor?
I think what you want (or what you should look for in a MSSP) is a provider that has staff both smart[1] and 'ethical' (professional ethics, or a corporate climate promoting 'good' practice) enough that they will view any requested changes with a technically critical eye. Then they can present you with possible problems raised by the requested config change and potential workarounds. Of course if you say you want the change made no matter what... They should make the change. It is your system, and 'the customer is always right'. Then the contract should certainly dictate that the responsibility for any changes made despite the provider's contrary professional advice lies soley with the client. Of course this is all just my opinion, or the way I'd like to think MSSP's work (or try to work) in the real world. That and a few cents probably won't even buy a cup of coffee in today's economy. -mrh [1] If only 'smart' and 'ethical' always went together. -- From: "Spam Catcher" <spam-catcher () adept org> To: spam-catcher () adept org Don't send email to the address listed here or you will be added to a blacklist! It is a TRAP for address harvesters. _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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- Re: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions R. DuFresne (Apr 19)
- Re: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Mike Hoskins (Apr 19)
- Re: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions R. DuFresne (Apr 19)
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- RE: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Melson, Paul (Apr 21)
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- RE: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions Mark Tinberg (Apr 25)
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