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The government and it's contractors...with it's long RFC procurement process and associated bullshit will always be behind the security curve and will always be
by aswanson 10y ago
The government and it's contractors...with it's long RFC procurement process and associated bullshit will always be behind the security curve and will always be susceptible to these types of attacks as long as they favor a culture of old veteran people over competence.
- kbart 10y agoThat's the problem, but on the other hand, "move fast and break things" doesn't work very well in military. Some middle ground solution is needed here.
- rev_bird 10y agoAgreed. Unfortunately, the opposite of "move fast and break things" is "move slow and watch them break on their own."
- manachar 10y agoBecause private industry clearly has managed to avoid any security breaches? For the last ~5 years the only credit card that hasn't been reissued before the expiration date because of some large corporate data breach is the one I never use.
- raverbashing 10y ago"its contractors", "its long"
- lostboys67 10y agoThe answer is don't outsource things like this to Booze Muhkidney
- gaius 10y agoHard-wired terminals in secure rooms, airgapped from the internet and no external/portable devices allowed, enforced by there being no sockets, and if that fails, by Marines with rifles. It really is not difficult to make a system 100x securer than that one...