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A couple of things: Person develops 2 or 3 apps, setup 2 or 3 databases and thinks he/she is a professional. Many businesses and managers care less about secu
by iask 10y ago
A couple of things:
Person develops 2 or 3 apps, setup 2 or 3 databases and thinks he/she is a professional.
Many businesses and managers care less about security and more about getting the deliverables into production.
Many CEOs and managers lack the understanding that once you launch (app, store, website etc) it doesn't end there, instead, moves into maintenance.
My company just hired an external company to assist with our IT infrastructure. I was asked to meet with the person that showed up to begin the take over. He was not interested at all in understanding what we do as a business. If you don't understand your clients, their interests, their responsibilities and obligations then, simply put, they are fucked!
- synicalx 10y agoI see this sort of nonsense ALL THE TIME. Most of the work I do/have done is at non-tech companies, so no one above the 'team leader' level is even remotely technical. Any sort of security that costs time or money becomes either a joke ("You want us to spend money on what?!"), or is just ignored entirely. In my experience the issue isn't so much that C's and managers lack understanding, it's that they refuse to acknowledge that they lack understanding and refuse to listen to people who do understand because it's "Just IT". This mindset is something I've seen backfire many times over the years, and in the end it always ends up costing more than just doing things properly in the first place. /endrant