Sulit, Beth K. Nothing to sneeze at. Risk & Insurance, August 1992, 1.  Home/Search   Document Not in Database   Summary   Related Articles

....a small minority of viruses are intentionally harmful, the vast majority of them are poorly written, poorlytested, buggy pieces of software that create problems that are often time consuming to diagnose. According to a Dataquest survey [2] and spokesmen for several different insurance companies [3], a virus spreading among several PC s in a company costs (on average) several thousands of dollars in down time and data lossage; one company interviewed by Dataquest reported a 2 million dollar loss due to a single incident. At least one insurer offers a 100,000 year policy for damage due to ....

....several PC s in a company costs (on average) several thousands of dollars in down time and data lossage; one company interviewed by Dataquest reported a 2 million dollar loss due to a single incident. At least one insurer offers a 100,000 year policy for damage due to computer virus infection [3]. Computer viruses are serious business. They have engendered an entire anti virus industry, consisting of hundreds of researchers and developers who are employed by dozens of companies around the world. At least one such company, devoted almost exclusively to anti virus software, is traded on the ....

Sulit, Beth K. Nothing to sneeze at. Risk & Insurance, August 1992, 1.

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