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Cost/Benefit Analysis of Airline Security

2008-07-21 05:53:15 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...costs and benefits of United States aviation security measures" by Mark Stewart and John Mueller, is excellent reading: The United States Office of Management and Budget has recommended the use of cost-benefit assessment for all proposed federal regulations. Since 9/11 government agencies in Australia, United States, Canada, Europe and...
 
Tags: cost-effective, cost-effective security measure, cost, cost-effective measure, opportunity cost, cost-benefit analysis, additional cost, cost-benefit assessment, benefit
 
 
 
 
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Cost of vulnerability

2007-03-05 21:19:05 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...cost of vulnerability I was deeply upset by his remark. Though it could have easily turned into a heated exchange I restrained myself and walked back to my cube. One among the top management happened to pass by my cube, he looked at the demo scenario and exclaimed "this really sucks!". Eventually the vulnerability was acted up on and a fix...
 
Tags: vulnerability, vulnerability determines, cost, demo scenario, easily, easily hijack, extremely brilliant, preserve company, bullet proof
 
 
 
 
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Nashville laptop theft may cost $1 million

2008-01-14 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
The theft of a laptop containing Social Security numbers of Nashville, Tennessee, area voters is expected to cost local officials about US$1 million as they roll out identity-theft protection to those affected
 
Tags: theft, identity-theft protection, cost local officials, laptop, nashville, social security, us1 million, roll, voters
 
 
 
 
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Hospitals reduce cost of electronic medical records

2008-01-15 00:00:00 by Jon Brodkin in Network World on Security
 
Replacing paper medical records with electronic ones can reduce errors, and save lives, but cost and complexity prevents most doctors from upgrading
 
Tags: paper medical records, cost, complexity prevents, reduce errors, save lives, electronic, doctors
 
 
 
 
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The cost of a code signing certificate

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2008-01-17 07:31:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
...cost to the consumer I don't like tithing to my certificate authority any more than the next guy, but buying a "cheap" cert is more costly in the long term. If you need a cheap certificate for testing or for personal reasons, issue it yourself! If you need a real certificate, your best bet is to stick with a vendor that your customers already...
 
Tags: code, cheap, cheap code, cert, root store, root, philosophical question, issue, install
 
 
 
 
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How green is my network? -- A look at the cost-savings benefit of green IT

2008-04-16 00:00:00 by Richard L. Ptak in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
...cost savings can be more persuasive than the ultimate goal of saving the environment
 
Tags: potential cost savings, richard ptak, ptak, data centers, negative impact, network operations, environment, analyst firm, offshoot
 
 
 
 
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Homeland Security Cost-Benefit Analysis

2008-07-17 06:43:25 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Costs, Benefits, and Probabilities of Protecting the Homeland," it lays out some common send premises and policy implications. The premises: 1. The number of potential terrorist targets is essentially infinite. 2. The probability that any individual target will be attacked is essentially zero. 3. If one potential target happens to enjoy a...
 
Tags: potential targets invulnerable, potential targets, targets, protection, invulnerable, protection measures, paper, paper attempts, potential terrorist targets
 
 
 
 
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The Breach Blog November Review

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2007-12-04 13:55:55 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...cost/breach: $131,052,674 ($4,896,238 without HMRC Total Cost: $5,111,056,847 (186,056,847 without HMRC Most popular breach type: Stolen unencrypted laptop or device (9), Employee mistake (9 Stats for October Number of breaches: 35 Number of victims: 943,419 (eight breaches unknown Average number of victims/breach: 26,954 Average...
 
Tags: breach, breach report, popular breach type, breach blog month, breach blog, november, security breach, single breach, breach offender
 
 
 
 
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Economics of secure software

2007-01-21 10:13:02 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...cost of ownership for the customer Below is a mathematical representation (not the basis!) for the above statement for the curious Price = Initial Purchase Price of the Product Life = Life Cycle Cost of the Product $ = Y*Price (expressed in terms of multiple of Price TCO = Total Cost of Ownership TCO= Price + Life=Price + Y* Price --->...
 
Tags: software, secure, secure product, product, software vendor, software vendors, vendor, price, initial purchase price
 
 
 
 
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Misconceptions about outsourcing security

2007-12-13 14:05:54 by Khalid Kark in Security & Risk Management
 
...Cost is usually the one of the reasons business gets interested to outsource but Forrester has consistently found that for security managers cost is not the primary reason they want to outsource. and outsourcing may not always lead to lower costs. In fact many companies end up spending more in the outsourcing scenario. They are willing to pay...