<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196788127833928948.post2800352522324276433..comments</id><updated>2008-04-02T21:51:21.796+02:00</updated><category term='Computer security'/><category term='steganography'/><category term='Blog carnival'/><category term='How To'/><category term='information strategy'/><category term='malware'/><category term='Network security'/><category term='penetration testing'/><category term='competition'/><category term='privacy'/><category term='Physical security'/><category term='audit'/><category term='trojan'/><category term='business continuity'/><category term='SLA'/><category term='forensics'/><category term='software development'/><category term='Templates'/><category term='Solution building'/><category term='encryption'/><category term='Incident Management'/><category term='information security'/><category term='antivirus'/><category term='training and certification'/><category term='GPS'/><category term='microsoft'/><category term='Instant Messaging'/><category term='windows'/><category term='disaster recovery'/><category term='biometrics'/><category term='Databases'/><category term='fraud'/><title type='text'>Comments on Information Security Short Takes: The SLA Lesson: software bug blues</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.shortinfosec.net/feeds/2800352522324276433/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7196788127833928948/2800352522324276433/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.shortinfosec.net/2008/04/sla-lesson-software-bug-blues.html'/><author><name>Bozidar Spirovski</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08748842042511112038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hu1rpxRsqcU/Sx1nDHNUtEI/AAAAAAAAAYY/KrJCug2cYWM/S220/Bspirovski.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196788127833928948.post-2075586909334044343</id><published>2008-04-02T21:51:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-04-02T21:51:00.000+02:00</updated><title type='text'>I fully agree that the topic of SLA is never an ea...</title><summary type='text'>I fully agree that the topic of SLA is never an easily solved one. &lt;BR/&gt;On the other hand, it has been my experience that SLA's are very frequently an afterthought and that the buyer is usually waiting for the seller to produce the SLA agreement. Ofcourse, this leads to the situation presented by  gsyoungblood. If on the other hand, the SLA is properly addressed at time of purchase and tied in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7196788127833928948/2800352522324276433/comments/default/2075586909334044343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7196788127833928948/2800352522324276433/comments/default/2075586909334044343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.shortinfosec.net/2008/04/sla-lesson-software-bug-blues.html?showComment=1207165860000#c2075586909334044343' title=''/><author><name>dark0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08748842042511112038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.shortinfosec.net/2008/04/sla-lesson-software-bug-blues.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196788127833928948.post-2800352522324276433' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7196788127833928948/posts/default/2800352522324276433' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-841701462'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196788127833928948.post-925730437456354485</id><published>2008-04-02T13:39:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-04-02T13:39:00.000+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The problem is getting an SLA with teeth can be di...</title><summary type='text'>The problem is getting an SLA with teeth can be difficult. Especially if there is a significant size disparity between the customer and the vendor.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I can't tell you how many SLA's I've seen that weren't worth the paper they were written on. It's an SLA in name only, with  virtually no penalties for failure to perform. And, as such, the vendor has minimal motivation to meet or exceed </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7196788127833928948/2800352522324276433/comments/default/925730437456354485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7196788127833928948/2800352522324276433/comments/default/925730437456354485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.shortinfosec.net/2008/04/sla-lesson-software-bug-blues.html?showComment=1207136340000#c925730437456354485' title=''/><author><name>gsyoungblood</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11040514309296850157</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.shortinfosec.net/2008/04/sla-lesson-software-bug-blues.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196788127833928948.post-2800352522324276433' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7196788127833928948/posts/default/2800352522324276433' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1150356162'/></entry></feed>
