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Speed of Compromise
by Andrew McCaskey
The SANS Institute study that claims the four minute compromise window on a Windows PC is pretty worrisome. I am not sure of all of the assumptions, just the conclusion that it will be found and compromised faster than the needed patches can be downloaded is reason enough to give at least some credence to the long term viablility of Vista in the enterprise environment.
I was under the impression that the vast majority of compromised machines were poorly maintained Windows 98 many without even the basic Service Pack 1 that had been upgraded into some sort of persistant connection.
The SANS study seems to imply that is not the case.
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Add to that the continuing risk of human engineering or, in the case of the San Francisio personnel situation, a single human point of failure. At least the individual is in custody and has not, to date, walked in front of a moving truck.
Conclusion: The human factor is going to trump technology, even when rigorously applied. The practices that led to the San Francisco situation are everas much a vulnerablility as are the poorly patched Win98 machine on the $19 DSL connection at Grandma’s.
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