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Physical (and digital) security in our world is truly laughable. When will people wake up and start investing the amount of time, money, and attention real secu

by umvi 6y ago

Physical (and digital) security in our world is truly laughable. When will people wake up and start investing the amount of time, money, and attention real security deserves? I picked my neighbor's front door when he wasn't home, opened his garage, and returned his weed eater to him in about 5 minutes. It was the easiest thing in the world. And yet I'm sure he sleeps soundly at night thinking his locks offer protection. This truly basic stuff needs to be instilled in children in elementary school: At least 50% (maybe even more like 70%) of all resources (time, money, etc) should be devoted to security whenever you are building something (house, computer program, etc.). It's not enough to try and "wear all the hats" if you are working at a startup. You need to have security experts on payroll from day 1 if you want any hope of creating a secure product, keeping your assets safe from your own employees (re: Twitter), etc.

tornato7 6y ago
There is a certain point where you have to compromise and say the cost of a security breach will be less than the cost of devoting more resources to security. I could spend hundreds of thousands on building my house with redundant locks, security cameras, steel-reinforced bullet proof doors and windows, OR I can sleep soundly knowing that if my house is robbed I can make an insurance claim and replace all my stuff. If someone wanted to actually steal my stuff or kill me, well they could just wait outside my house and do it then ️ Same with high tech, I could build the most secure system on the planet but a guy with a knife to my throat is gonna get all the security keys.
- thimkerbell 6y ago
  Conjuring up unnecessarily violent imagery makes readers with something to say less willing to step up and say it.
  - thimkerbell 6y ago
    What I was going to say, is that with many people now working on company projects remotely, the potential financial damage isn't just loss of the resident's belongings.

by umvi 6y ago

tornato7 6y ago

There is a certain point where you have to compromise and say the cost of a security breach will be less than the cost of devoting more resources to security. I could spend hundreds of thousands on building my house with redundant locks, security cameras, steel-reinforced bullet proof doors and windows, OR I can sleep soundly knowing that if my house is robbed I can make an insurance claim and replace all my stuff. If someone wanted to actually steal my stuff or kill me, well they could just wait outside my house and do it then ️ Same with high tech, I could build the most secure system on the planet but a guy with a knife to my throat is gonna get all the security keys.

thimkerbell 6y ago
Conjuring up unnecessarily violent imagery makes readers with something to say less willing to step up and say it.
- thimkerbell 6y ago
  What I was going to say, is that with many people now working on company projects remotely, the potential financial damage isn't just loss of the resident's belongings.