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As a potential total tangent: I wonder how much MORE this problem has become / is becoming as we replace sys admins / systems people with developers who play w
by mancerayder 9y ago
As a potential total tangent:
I wonder how much MORE this problem has become / is becoming as we replace sys admins / systems people with developers who play with infrastructure APIs like as with AWS, producing complex infrastructure under deadlines and with self-assurance. I say this because for years sys admins were the bad guys, even slowing down progress because security concerns, stability and best practices were to be considered before speed of delivery and features.
And I say all this because I'm a hybrid sysadmin/developer ("DevOps") consultant with a stronger leaning on the systems side historically; I can tell you that almost no one techs me out on the systems side of things anymore. By systems I mean core Linux and the typical ecosystem around it (including redundancy, performance and infra monitoring), infrastucture architecture and yes, security. There is wisdom and experience that's required here, and no 'bootcamps' can exist to replace that.
With a push to the cloud, is it possible that security has gone out the window? I'm 75% I know the answer, but I admit this would make a great research article.
Edit: although in this Equifax case perhaps that is a bad example. Unpatched systems?