Rick,

For the "costs of fixing this network" there is a long
list of costs associated with that task.  Some would
be:

- cost of personnel multiplied by the level of effort
(or time) required to complete the security tasks
- cost of additional hardware required to mitigate
identified risks
- cost of additional software required to mitigate
identified risks
- additional staffing costs for security management,
monitoring, training, awareness, etc.

I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for or
not...  I hope you find is useful.

Randy
--- "Simons, Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thought I would post a question here, nessus related
> -- kinda OT.  Would
> like any appropriate feedback ...
> 
> If someone is drawing up a vulnerability and "costs
> of fixing this network"
> document; am I overlooking associated costs with
> securing a network using
> Nessus?
> 
>       1.  Accept the risk
>       costs: (potential) legal, downtime, publicity
> 
>       2.  Use Nessus to figure out the vulnerabilities
>       costs:  build nessus box, install + update, policy
> creation for
> scans, scan times, scan reviews, vulnerability
> research, patch research,
> patch install, administrative red tape


=====
Randy M. Nash
@RISK Online
http://www.atriskonline.com

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