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You would think they would ... Um, yeah, they've thought of that (and have been told that 10,000 times) already. Just that it turns out these organizations --
by kafkaesq 9y ago
You would think they would ...
Um, yeah, they've thought of that (and have been told that 10,000 times) already.
Just that it turns out these organizations -- and the threat models they face -- are a bit more complicated than you would seem to think. And the task of finding qualified and, crucially, trustworthy people who can also interface with the sprawling, chaotic, and (inherently) politicized juggernauts that underlie these campaigns, even more so.
- zzzcpan 9y agoSome ex-cloudflare/limelight/netflix chef security officers certainly won't be able to do anything against state actors.
- kafkaesq 9y agoYou can name-drop all you want. These people have heard it all. But the short answer is, if they can't interface with the rough-and-tumble reality (and day-to-day insanity) of a scrappy political campaign... then no, their technical chops (by themselves) just won't do all that much. won't be able to do anything That's some pretty crude hyperbole (as I'm sure you're already aware).
- walrus01 9y agoI don't think there is a great deal of venn diagram overlap between political apparatchik/ass-kisser and the sort of person who you want to hire as CSO of netflix or a similarly sized organization. Hiring a competent CSO who could deal with the politics and actually has the technical skills to deal with nationstate sponsored zero days... that's a hard problem.