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> The larger you become, the more software you have to run, the more you have to manage, the more lucrative an attack on your systems will be for the attackers.
by ams6110 8y ago
> The larger you become, the more software you have to run, the more you have to manage, the more lucrative an attack on your systems will be for the attackers.
Also the more people you have who might be compromised. It's almost a certainty that there are people with access inside Facebook who are or have been corrupted. That can happen in a small company too, but the risk/reward is usually lower and there are many fewer people who can be targeted.
One person with a thumb drive can exfiltrate a highly damaging amount of data.
- mynameisvlad 8y agoIt's not even just corruption, there's plenty of phishing attempts targeted at employees and it only takes one to potentially gain access to a lot of data depending on how systems are set up.