The cost/benefit analysis is exactly why the "Oh, but I have so many computers and so little budget" philosophy is dead wrong here. <br><br>- There is no reason why sensitive personal data should be accessible on each and every of your thousands of computers. And there is no reason why all your clients should look the same and have the same level of security. Introducing different security levels in your infrastructure (
e.g. having "more secure zones") should be the approach here, not complaining that encrypting all and every kit costs so much.. <br><br>Getting caught, punished, blamed and thrown in jail *should* be part of that cost/benefit analysis. - So I just hope that we'll see some real stiff penalties soon.
<br><br>- Stefan<br> <br><br><br>If you look at introducing different security levels in your infrastructure, you'll see that <br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/5/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Q-Ball</b> <
<a href="mailto:qballus@gmail.com">qballus@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Security is simply a cost/benefit excercise at the end of the day. No one implements security just to feel better about themselves.
<br><br><div></div><div><span class="e" id="q_10c3d0b765cc3b3b_1"><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/5/06, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu</a></b> <<a href="mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu</a>> wrote:</span></span></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:25:15 EDT, Stack Smasher said:<br>> Like I said, shareholder value and profit plays a huge role in people<br>> getting off their ass and doing something to help the general public,<br>> seeing as how you have mostly worked at a university you don't have an
<br>> executive board screaming at you<br><br>Universities have their equivalent of executive boards, trust me.<br><br></span></div></div></blockquote></div><br>