Resources to fix vulns

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At 8:53 AM -0700 7/18/07, McCown, Christian M wrote:
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> What do you tell a C-level exec in terms of h/c and time it will take to
> fix web app vulnerabilities discovered in a website?
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>         X number of vulnerabilities = Y h/c and Z time.
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> Of course there's a host of factors/variables involved that could wind up
> looking like actuarial tables or DNA sequences (!), but what we'd like to
> be able to do is sum it up as an initial swag and let the app owners use
> it as a factor in calculating the actual time to remediate.

Look at the track record for _that_organization_ fixing previous
vulnerabilities.
-- 
Larry Kilgallen