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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty
> On 14 Jan 2003, Vijay Gill wrote: > > > I can see how purchasing power may motivate a vendor (and > maybe lots of individual vendors) to fix their own problems, > develop better products, or be more responsive. The problem is that the "government" does not have large purchasing power compared to the commercial side of the house. The government doesn't buy in bulk, doesn't buy often and usually selects the lowest cost. Vendors design equipment/services for the customers who will buy it. The majority of those customers are revenue driven commercial entities that have always questioned the need to pay for any additional security. In the past, "security" has never been an easy sell to anyone when a cost was attached because it was never perceived to have the potential to bring in additional revenue and because those who were aware of security breaches of substance would not acknowledge them (this goes for government and industry). And sadly there are some vendors who are so big or have such a large share of their market space, that they just do what they want regardless. John S. Maddaus
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