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As an outsider of the security industry, do people feel like the importance of security is actually going up, or are people becoming progressively less concerne

As an outsider of the security industry, do people feel like the importance of security is actually going up, or are people becoming progressively less concerned, given how desensitized we've become to hacks and data leaks? E.g. the Equifax hack was a pretty big deal, but nobody's that upset, everybody moved on real quick. Same with hundreds of other major hacks.

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jacobsenscott 9y ago
I would guess a lot of people think they could be better at security, but not better enough to matter. So why spend the money. The fact is all our systems are broken from a security point of view from the ground up, and there's no solution in sight. The internet was built to share data, not hide it.
Spooky23 9y ago
It has a lot of attention right now and is attracting a lot of money. That’s good and bad... the investment is great but it’s attracting a lot of marginal talent with fancy credentials and not necessarily adding much. Reminds me of circa 1998 MCSEs. Security is a tough field to begin with in that attracts a certain mindset. It’s especially bad in big orgs where security was mostly a policy and compliance org. Listening to would be cyber-warriors quack about OODA loops, challenge coins, and kill chains gets old fast. Particularly where the “kill chain” is interdicting field guys whose iPad didn’t update on time or execs who disabled AV.
top_post 9y ago
Your point, well observed, is that there are very little repercussions. It is becoming important and more prominent (than say 10 years ago) due to constant media exposure and the constant breaches being seen, so there are a lot of roles being opened and functions are being built where there weren't any before. As a whole though, businesses will deprioritize security for increased business performance, which you can understand. Regulations like GDPR coming along should have some bite to get people into action, but until that's actually observed there's not much going on.
itronitron 9y ago
There are still organizations that care a great deal about cybersecurity. I think it is going up, but at a very slow rate because very few people really know anything about it, and it is those people that care the most (or so they tell us.)

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jacobsenscott 9y ago

I would guess a lot of people think they could be better at security, but not better enough to matter. So why spend the money. The fact is all our systems are broken from a security point of view from the ground up, and there's no solution in sight. The internet was built to share data, not hide it.

Spooky23 9y ago

It has a lot of attention right now and is attracting a lot of money. That’s good and bad... the investment is great but it’s attracting a lot of marginal talent with fancy credentials and not necessarily adding much. Reminds me of circa 1998 MCSEs. Security is a tough field to begin with in that attracts a certain mindset. It’s especially bad in big orgs where security was mostly a policy and compliance org. Listening to would be cyber-warriors quack about OODA loops, challenge coins, and kill chains gets old fast. Particularly where the “kill chain” is interdicting field guys whose iPad didn’t update on time or execs who disabled AV.

top_post 9y ago

Your point, well observed, is that there are very little repercussions. It is becoming important and more prominent (than say 10 years ago) due to constant media exposure and the constant breaches being seen, so there are a lot of roles being opened and functions are being built where there weren't any before. As a whole though, businesses will deprioritize security for increased business performance, which you can understand. Regulations like GDPR coming along should have some bite to get people into action, but until that's actually observed there's not much going on.

itronitron 9y ago

There are still organizations that care a great deal about cybersecurity. I think it is going up, but at a very slow rate because very few people really know anything about it, and it is those people that care the most (or so they tell us.)