You have an unusual idea of what constitutes "fun". On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Jon Kibler wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > I have a client that is trying to justify hiring a network/security > person for their IT staff. Senior management already thinks they are > overstaffed. Here is a rough outline of their environment: > Company size: ~200 > Number of locations: 12 across 8 states > Number of "full time" computer users: ~150 > ~100 sales (wholesale / distribution) > ~15 management / executive / HR > ~15 clerical / administrative / purchasing > ~15 accounting / finance / payroll > 4 IT > > The I.T. Department is responsible for: > All computers: > ~130 Desktops > ~60 Laptops > ~25 Servers > All communications and networks: > 9 Telecoms (voice, cell) > 8 ISPs (Internet, WAN) > 12 PBXes w/ ~180 handsets > ~90 Cellphones and laptop cell Internet > 16 VoIP Gateways > ~30 Routers > ~16 Network Firewalls > ~60 Switches > 14 Port Servers > 12 IDS sensors > All software and services: > Windows XP > Windows 2003 Server > RHEL 5.x > Cisco IOS/AOS > ERP Suite > Web Sites (1 external, 2 internal) > Email / Email Filtering > EDI > IDS > Event Correlation Management System > AV/Host Firewall/NAC Suite > Web Content Filtering > ~20 outside service providers > Patch Management > etc. > Miscellaneous: > ~200 RFID and/or bar code scanners (ERP integrated) > ~20 timeclocks > ~40 network printers > ~120 desktop printers > All I.T. related purchases, installation, configuration, maintenance > Physical security systems > > Currently, their staff consists of: > -- IT Manager / Jack of All Trades > -- 1 ERP/EDI support person > -- 1 Systems Admin who also does network admin and hardware support > -- 1 Help Desk who also does web site, email, host based security, > and teleco / PBX support > > The staff recently lost their primary hardware support person and a > part-time administrative person when budgets were cut. Current staff is > overworked, but pay for overtime has been eliminated. > > The IT manager asked me to help him put together some information to > help support his push for more staff. I did some Googling, but did not > find anything from the past couple of years that was of any real use. > > So, what I am asking is, do you have any information concerning IT > staffing guidelines? Specifically: > o What would be the size of a typical IT staff that would have to > support the above resources? > o Anyone aware of any studies/guidelines for IT staff size based on > the number of "non casual" computer users in an organization? > o Anyone aware of any studies/guidelines for what should be the IT > budget based on either a percentage of revenue or a percentage of > overhead budget? > o What is the typical size of an organization before they staff a > "dedicated" I.T. security person? > > TIA for any info! > > Jon K. > - -- > Jon R. Kibler > Chief Technical Officer > Advanced Systems Engineering Technology, Inc. > Charleston, SC USA > o: 843-849-8214 > c: 843-224-2494 > s: 843-564-4224 > http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonrkibler > > My PGP Fingerprint is: > BAA2 1F2C 5543 5D25 4636 A392 515C 5045 CF39 4253 > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkkMeBEACgkQUVxQRc85QlNkAwCeJT3WsUdbU853fvY+95TtsqIK > /4YAn2Y5dNnSih3PaUOi8feNMcc4fKCJ > =9VKh > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > ================================================== > Filtered by: TRUSTEM.COM's Email Filtering Service > http://www.trustem.com/ > No Spam. No Viruses. Just Good Clean Email. > > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
