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I agree, but I think you overestimate: (1) how many companies actually care about security and (2) how recent this security-focused movement among large compani

by Cyph0n 9y ago

I agree, but I think you overestimate: (1) how many companies actually care about security and (2) how recent this security-focused movement among large companies is. Furthermore, Cisco deals with security problems that few other companies worry about, such as the wide-scale availability of counterfeit devices and convincing foreign customers that their devices are backdoor-free.

qubex 9y ago
(3)What small firms’ margins of contribution allow, given the competition in their markets. I for example run a family business that operates in the paint sector in Italy, and you’d be horrified by how compressed margins are (and have become over the past five years of debt crisis and economic recession). There’s always this aura that a rational firm can arbitrarily add structural (HR) costs to defer some nebulous, future “risk”, but in my experience this is not the case (anymore). Competition is so hardscrabble and survival is such a luxury that pretty much everybody is not only willing but obliged to skimp on everything. Being “with the times” simply isn’t an option, sadly.