Re: [fw-wiz] Worms, Air Gaps and Responsibility

From: Devdas Bhagat (devdas_at_dvb.homelinux.org)
Date: 05/07/04

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Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 19:04:28 +0530

    On 07/05/04 09:05 -0400, Paul D. Robertson wrote:
    <snip>
    > 800 to 1000 per what?
    800 to 1000 USD per month for 5 people total.
    I don't work there, hence the approximate numbers.

    > >
    > > Flip the people/system costs and you will see what I mean. Bodies are
    > > cheap, systems are not.
    >
    > Bodies are salary + 50% for benefits, etc. AV can't be more than what,
    > $60/node/year (Really, it's less than half that, but at retail box,
    > single copy prices, we'll use that number.)
    >
    > That's $2400/year for licenses, add in $1200 for a gateway, and another
    60*400 is USD 24000, not 2400.

    > $1000 for 400 mailboxes of gateway AV- we've got $4600/year for 400 nodes
    24000 + 1200 + 1000 = 26400 USD.

    > of protection, desktop and main e-mail gateway. If you're getting someone
    > who's competent enough to clean out tricky viral programs for a
    > loaded cost of $4600/year (so, ~75% of that,) then you're in a unique
    I am saying 12000 USD is the cost of enough people to keep the network
    running and staff working. I will not say it runs well, but it runs
    enough to let people get their work done.

    > spot. If that single person can keep up with the infection rates when you
    > get a mass infection, they're not likely to be around for long.
    A mass infection is their only issue usually. And those are rare.

    Devdas Bhagat
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