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Founder of Simple Cyber Security here. Feel free to email/reply if you have any questions. And Maciej, thanks so much for the support!

by pilom 14y ago

orangethirty 14y ago
Simple Cyber Security is a service that just makes sense. I've been getting requests for such turn-key solutions for a while and never knew where to send them to. Could you talk more about the offering? Give us more details (anything you might want to add).
- pilom 14y ago
  I'm glad you like the concept. The requests you get, what kind of solutions are they usually looking for? Or more precisely, what are their pain points? As for more info, I'm starting with CentOS/RHEL 5 and 6 on AWS hardened to comply as much as possible with the US government accreditation policies (DISA STIG's for starters). As RHEL is the most common Linux OS for companies that have explicit security requirements, I figured I'd start there. They also have good support from projects like OpenSCAP and Aqueduct. I likely wont start with any stack hardening so no apache/nginx hardening mostly because its not what I'm best at. Every image will have complete documentation as to every configuration change available on the website for free to anyone. I'm not planning on being in the system maintenance side of things (partially because I don't want to be liable for someone getting hacked) so I'm currently tossing around the pricing as a one time cost for initial configuration and then additional options for support (and consulting with those who want it). If you have any requests/recommendations/suggestions/feedback, I'd love to hear them.
  - PanMan 14y ago
    Why a one time price? I thought at least EC2 made it possible to charge e.g. A few cts/hr, which I would guess would both get you more clients and more money then a one time fee, as the barrier to entry is lower. I wouldn't buy wowza server, but have one running for 2 years now.
  - orangethirty 14y ago
    What you need to do is start selling it as soon as possible. That way you can start testing what the market needs. In my case, most clients mostly need a solid Rails box (with MySQL) that will allow them to focus on other important needs. This also applies to Django and Symfony. In terms of OS, the common bits are safe Ubuntu and CentOS installs. Though they do seek support and some hand holding. How do you plan to market?

Founder of Simple Cyber Security here. Feel free to email/reply if you have any questions. And Maciej, thanks so much for the support!

by pilom 14y ago

Founder of Simple Cyber Security here. Feel free to email/reply if you have any questions. And Maciej, thanks so much for the support!

orangethirty 14y ago

Simple Cyber Security is a service that just makes sense. I've been getting requests for such turn-key solutions for a while and never knew where to send them to. Could you talk more about the offering? Give us more details (anything you might want to add).

pilom 14y ago
I'm glad you like the concept. The requests you get, what kind of solutions are they usually looking for? Or more precisely, what are their pain points? As for more info, I'm starting with CentOS/RHEL 5 and 6 on AWS hardened to comply as much as possible with the US government accreditation policies (DISA STIG's for starters). As RHEL is the most common Linux OS for companies that have explicit security requirements, I figured I'd start there. They also have good support from projects like OpenSCAP and Aqueduct. I likely wont start with any stack hardening so no apache/nginx hardening mostly because its not what I'm best at. Every image will have complete documentation as to every configuration change available on the website for free to anyone. I'm not planning on being in the system maintenance side of things (partially because I don't want to be liable for someone getting hacked) so I'm currently tossing around the pricing as a one time cost for initial configuration and then additional options for support (and consulting with those who want it). If you have any requests/recommendations/suggestions/feedback, I'd love to hear them.
- PanMan 14y ago
  Why a one time price? I thought at least EC2 made it possible to charge e.g. A few cts/hr, which I would guess would both get you more clients and more money then a one time fee, as the barrier to entry is lower. I wouldn't buy wowza server, but have one running for 2 years now.
- orangethirty 14y ago
  What you need to do is start selling it as soon as possible. That way you can start testing what the market needs. In my case, most clients mostly need a solid Rails box (with MySQL) that will allow them to focus on other important needs. This also applies to Django and Symfony. In terms of OS, the common bits are safe Ubuntu and CentOS installs. Though they do seek support and some hand holding. How do you plan to market?