Computer Security And The Ford Pinto Formula
With security breaches of company data happening so often nowadays, why aren’t these companies taking more effort to defend themselves? Could it be because the cost of doing so outweighs the cost of simply putting up with these breaches? <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/23/if_your_company_has_terrible_it_security_that_could_be_a_rational_business_decision/>
They are already handing over ALL their data to the intelligence agencies, under force of law and with gag orders to not reveal any details when, how or why. They are already compromised. How do they even know where/how they are getting hacked in that scenario? They have been set up to fail by insane 'private' data-management legal frameworks. On Sat, 2016-09-24 at 11:24 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
With security breaches of company data happening so often nowadays, why aren’t these companies taking more effort to defend themselves?
Could it be because the cost of doing so outweighs the cost of simply putting up with these breaches?
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 11:53:55 +1200, gb wrote:
They are already handing over ALL their data to the intelligence agencies, under force of law and with gag orders to not reveal any details when, how or why.
Some companies have set up “canaries” to try to give some indication when this happens. Australia has tried to outlaw these <https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/03/australia_outla.html>.
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