Re: [FDE] Amateurs study cryptography; professionals study economics

Allen writes:
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| > "More than $1 billion is spent annually by the private sector on cyber
| > security," said Link, who is the United States representative on the
| > United Nations Economic Commission for Europe where he evaluates
| > innovation and competiveness policies for the European Union. "That
| > translates to $1,500 per employee. Many companies have no idea how to
| > employ the usefulness of cyber security tools. There are no benchmarks
| > for companies."
|
| Even being generous and say it is $1.5 billion. That means there
| are only 100,000 employees in the private sector!
|
| I'd say the math is a bit whacked, wouldn't you?
|

Yeah, I saw that, too. I'll bet/guess it is a British
"billion" (10^12) and not an American "billion" (10^9).

Not that I believe the number in any case. My own figures
say it is more like $200 and, thus, Gene Spafford remains
correct that we spend more per capita on coffee than infosec.

--dan

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