Cost of Security Security services can be a valuable revenue stream, with the CLEC able to gain a 30 percent margin off the sale of the managed security service. If CLECs are not providing this as part of their Internet service, they're doing themselves a disservice. And I would think that their investors and shareholders should hold them to the fire to tell them why they are not offering services that are just purely profitable. Hacker Attacks DefendNet CEO Vin Giordano says Internet security is going to be a cornerstone of the services the next- generation CLECs will have to provide. He explains that an Internet connection means the CLEC is connecting a public network to a private network, making the CLECs and their customers vulnerable to Internet attacks.
People are worried about it.
It's the number-one concern when you have people getting dedicated connections to the Internet today. Giordano believes the best way to provide security is through use of a firewall, which forms a boundary between the Internet and a private network. Giordano explains that new viruses infect the Internet regularly, which means anti-virus software likewise has to be updated. If the CLECs don't update their software, their systems become vulnerable. The paper's authors suggest that security cannot be adequately provided in the application space unless there are also certain security features in the operating system.