IT still hasn't made it into higher management, especially in the public sector which even privatized utilities resemble. Unfortunately this means things like s

IT still hasn't made it into higher management, especially in the public sector which even privatized utilities resemble. Unfortunately this means things like security comes last, when they really ought to be part of your architectural design. We recently bought a manegement software for our translators, which somehow made it through all the business and management layers revolving public contracts without anyone questioning the fact that none of it was encrypted. Meaning anyone snooping on our network could get anything from private data to system logins with absolutely no effort. Things are getting better, but IT is still a subsection of the economy department in a lot of places, and a lot of execs still think it's magic. Couple this with most developers and entrepreneurs being hackers who want to toy around with cool world changing features, and, no one is left to worry about security.