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Why does everybody keep data hanging around forever? It's easier. You don't have to think about it. Just keep kicking the files onto new media every few years /
by EvanAnderson 6y ago
Why does everybody keep data hanging around forever? It's easier. You don't have to think about it. Just keep kicking the files onto new media every few years / at a new server refresh.
I did some IT work for a plastic surgery practice in the US many years ago. I was adding some storage to an existing server. I was shocked to see that the practice was keeping all their before / after photos online going back years. Not encrypted. Hanging out in Windows file shares with lax permissions.
It certainly gave me pause.
Maybe some software providers in this space will think about handling this better.
- g_p 6y agoIt seems that Windows SMB file sharing is still the go-to universal storage system in a lot of organisations. I imagine because it's built in, easy to configure, and works out the box with the ability to map drives so it's transparent to users. In contast, anything more secure tends to add inherent friction (since just blindly giving access due to some potentially replayed hash of a user's likely weak password isn't exactly going to be appropriate in a secure setup). And if it adds complexity, people still go for the old solution. I hope they had backups - I've often caught out the same Windows SMB-using orgs out when checking their backups and discovering both of their weekly-cycled drives are empty and devoid of backups, despite having been diligently swapped out according to the schedule!