[65142] in North American Network Operators' Group
Cost of Worm Attack Protection
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sgorman1@gmu.edu)
Thu Nov 13 09:37:48 2003
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:35:47 -0500
From: sgorman1@gmu.edu
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
I was hoping to get some estimates from folks on the costs of defending networks from various worm attacks. It is a pretty wide open question, but if anyone has some rough estimates of what it costs per edge, manpower vs. equipment costs, or any combination thereof it would be of great assistance. We are doing some simulations of attack and defense strategies and looking for some good metrics to plug into a cost benefit model. We'd be happy to share the results if anyone is interested as well.
Thanks in advance,
sean
