Re: U.S. Is Losing Global Cyberwar, Commission Says

[Luke Scharf <luke.scharf () clusterbee net>]

Luke Scharf wrote:
> Rafal @ IsHackingYou.com wrote:
> >     Hold the phone...$5k-$7k to fix an infected device!?  Really?  
> > HOLY CRAP... either that's a completely made-up "FUD" figure, or the 
> > government contractors are making *way* too much money off my taxes.
> >   
>
> If you count lost productivity for both the IT staff who has to fix 
> the device, and the person who actually uses it.  Plus, the amount of 
> time people spend trying to secure the device and the network and 
> against similar mistakes in the future...  Not to mention the time 
> spent on forensics, if it's a new virus, or if the problem was 
> particularly egregious.
>
> It costs a business money when a computer is down, just like it costs 
> a factory money when a widget-maker is down.  Remember that IT budgets 
> exist because people use the resources we provide -- not the other way 
> around.  (People don't exist to use computers.)

Darn, I forgot to actually put my point in the e-mail...  My point was 
that I find that number somewhat believable, if you count all of the 
things I mention.  :-)

-Luke

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