Gordano Knowledge Base
Article Q1888

What is the true cost of virus attacks?

Answer:
 To find out the cost of virus attacks for your company fill out the below entry boxes and click on the "Calculate" button.

   Default values
Employee's burdened salary   38 *1
Time PC is unavailable    hours   12 *2
Administrator's burdened cost  
Time to clean machine    hours   2 *3
Cost of cleaning machine     *4
 
Incidents per year     
Number of workstations affected     
 
Server operating system     
Currency    Show prices in US Dollars Show prices in European Euros Show prices in UK Pounds Sterling  
 

Profile of savings

Cost of virus attacks per year  
Cost of 1 year GMS AV  
Cost of 3 years GMS AV  
 
Time taken for 1 year GMS AV to pay for itself    days  
Time taken for 3 year GMS AV to pay for itself    days  

*1 = Values based on: "Spam Cost Model for Corporate Organizations", Marten Nelson, FERRIS RESEARCH, INC., 16-Dec-2002
*2 = Includes time waiting for administrator to reach employee's machine. If the ratio of administrators to employees is very low, increase this figure.
*3 = Excludes time for re-infection if virus not removed correctly or has distributed itself to corporate servers & documents.
*4 = Estimate based on lost time. Does not include opportunity lost cost, value of documents/IPR that may be destroyed by virus or attempt to recover from virus

See Also:
Q1554   Is GMS Anti-Virus a High Performance product?
Q1635   What are the prices for GMS Anti-Virus?

Bookmark this KB:
Feedback:
Did this article answer your question? Yes No
Last updated: 15-May-2003
Key Words: VSM, anti-virus, GMS AV, anti virus
Email this article to:
 
To Print this article hold down the control key and press 'P' on your keyboard.
On a Mac, hold down the Apple key and press 'P'
 divclear
Log in to
Gordano Support
System
Customer Ref:
EMail:
Password:


- Forgot your password? click here for help.






  © Copyright 1994 - 2010 Gordano Limited Privacy