RE: ROI on IDS/IPS products

ROI is simply a term people use to express value. It is unlikely that an
enterprise security professional will have a choice to dictate what term is
used to their CFO or other financial folks.

The SANS paper conflates security ROI (about reduced cost) and ROSI (about
reduced risk).

More here:
http://spiresecurity.typepad.com/spire_security_viewpoint/2009/02/setting-th
e-record-straight-on-roi-in-security.html

Regards,

Pete

Pete Lindstrom
Research Director
Spire Security
610-644-9064
blog: http://spiresecurity.typepad.com
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Martin Roesch
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 1:47 PM
> To: Ravi Chunduru
> Cc: Focus IDS
> Subject: Re: ROI on IDS/IPS products
> 
> Bejtlich does lots of writing around security ROI and whether ROI is
> even an appropriate term when applied to security spending.  Try this
> link and have a read.
> 
> http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/search?q=roi
> 
> Marty
> 
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Ravi Chunduru
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I was talking to a junior security administartor working for a big
> > telecom company.  He said something which is worrying.  After few
> > years of IPS deployment in particular department, they  decided to
> > remove IPS devices.  It was felt that they did not find enough ROI to
> > justify 2 dedicated personnel to monitor and analyze IDS/IPS logs and
> > reports. It apperas that no major incidents were detected by network
> > IPS devices.  they felt that signature coverage is either poor or not
> > timely. i also was told that these IPS devices are from industry
> > leaders.
> >
> > Can you share your experiences?  Any examples of successful detection
> > and prevention of major attacks and penetration by IPS devices.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ravi
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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