Steve Simmons writes:
> > Vendors aren't able to do anything if people aren't willing to pay
> > for product.
>
> Hear hear! I was at a client site the other day and they gasped at the
> idea of a $25,000 firewall package. I asked how much they paid for 24x365
> security guards, electronic door cards, locks on the doors, keys for desks,
> etc, etc, etc. I told them connecting to the information highway without
> a firewall and a security policy is like removing all the doors from your
> building.
I don't *really* believe my next question but ...
Is an Internet connection as beneficial to the company as the building
that everyone works in ?
And ... $25,000 is *a lot* of money for a secure connection - when you
add (or compare) this to the cost of the service, you'd be hard pressed
to find a commercial (profit generating) reason for such an expensive
connection. [Or can someone contradict me ?]
It's a sad fact that your $25,000 is thought of as part of the Internet
service cost *not* general security costs for operating at a particular
site.
Ian.
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