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And yet (depending on how it is used) "oversight" often refers to an instance of overlooking, rather than of overseeing. It seems remiss of Grammarist to write
by waqf 4y ago
And yet (depending on how it is used) "oversight" often refers to an instance of overlooking, rather than of overseeing.
It seems remiss of Grammarist to write an entire page without mentioning that.
- tialaramex 4y agoGood point. Example showing the two contrasting meanings of the word "oversight" in modern English: At m.d.s.policy it was our view that Symantec management had inadequate oversight of Symantec's Certificate Authority and as a result on several occasions over an extended period an important oversight relating to the name validation procedures at CrossCert, a Korean business authorised by Symtanec to issue on their behalf - occurred without being detected by Symantec. This definitely resulted in undetected misissuance. As a result of our efforts to fix this problem Symantec sold their entire CA business to DigiCert, and CrossCert became merely a reseller of DigiCert's products (including "Symantec" branded certificates) This meant that now DigiCert's trustworthy management exercised oversight over all issuance of certificates from the new CA hierarchy even when the certificates had "Symantec" branding - while an oversight by CrossCert, such as failing to verify the identity of a customer, would no longer cause misissuance because DigiCert would independently use the Ten Blessed Methods.