Bob Brown's article, Scare Tactics implies vendors are only FUD-ding to make sales. And it's true, a lot of vendors fear monger to boost revenue. But not all.
The risks are real. I started out my tech career as a sys admin and spent close to 10 years inside companies trying to help them keep their business running efficiently with technology. I didn't set out to become a security professional, but I quickly learned that to be the best sys admin and then systems architect I could that I had to know security inside and out and then some.
For a business to run, risks have to be managed. There's no need to spend millions to protect thousands, that's basic cost/benefit analysis. But pooh-poohing threats as nothing but vendor FUD is a big mistake.
Posted by Diana at May 21, 2003 08:04 AM