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Cost-benefit factors in security systems


Rebecca Gurley Bace
01.16.2001
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Any system you build, including a security system, must have benefits that outweigh the costs. This tip, excerpted from Intrusion Detection, by Rebecca Gurley Bace, published by New Riders, discusses the costs and benefits of an intrusion-detection system.




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In building a cost benefit model, be absolutely certain to include the following items:

Risk assessment provides critical input to your security strategy: a rough idea of what information security is worth to the organization.


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