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Security Scanning Service Recommendation
Poll ended at Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:18 pm
McAfee SECURE  0%  [ 0 ]
Trust Guard  0%  [ 0 ]
Other, please post your suggestion  100%  [ 3 ]
Total votes : 3
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:18 pm 
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Can anyone recommend a server security scanning service?

I currently use McAfee SECURE, but am planning on dropping them as their seal makes no measurable impact on my key metrics and their prices are about to go up 10x.

Thanks, Josh


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:46 pm 
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I don't see any value in any of these services. Most consumers probably don't even know what they mean or imply, and the fact that McAfee Secure made zero impact on your metrics would seem to prove that.

In short, my vote: save your money, skip the whole idea.


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:42 pm 
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Make up a clever looking icon, and have it point to a page that say "Site Protected by Tricorder Security", enter security credentials to enter, have a bogus login form, and call it good.

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Either provide enough details for people to help, or sit back and listen to the crickets chirp.
Security thru obscurity is a myth - and really really annoying.


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