full-disclosure - Re: Compliance Is Wasted Money, Study Finds

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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:11:10 +0200
From: Michel Messerschmidt <lists@...hel-messerschmidt.de>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Compliance Is Wasted Money, Study Finds

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 08:58:24AM -0400, Honer, Lance wrote:
> > What's your choice:
> > Company A installs an anti-virus and updates it regularly (BTW
> regularly 
> > includes once a year).
> > Company B has a recovery concept, incident response team,
> vulnerability
> > monitoring, patch management, NIDS, security training but no
> anti-virus.
> 
> You do realize that PCI says everything you stated above needs to be
> done, right?

I never stated what needs to be done or what PCI might require :)
And I didn't ask to compare the two statements but just choose your priority:
A = Spend money on compliance but don't *think* about your threats
B = Think about security, reduce your risks and don't waste money on compliance


'nuff said

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