On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, Frank Willoughby wrote:

When a system is breached or a CERT Advisory is issued, this is a major embarassment for the company. The breach (or publicized security flaw) shakes the confidence of people in the vendor's products. People are rather unwilling to risk putting their business-critical data on a system which has just recently breached. This lack of confidence translates into a loss in sales. If unchecked or the case if severe enough, this could also translate into a loss of jobs.

What are CERT's criteria for a bulletin to be issued? Would the previously mentioned Windows NT and Windows 95 security bugs qualify? - Kay Olivetti