Legislation relating to data leaks and software security are quickly killing all of our outsourcing contracts. We have some operational stuff still happening, b

Legislation relating to data leaks and software security are quickly killing all of our outsourcing contracts. We have some operational stuff still happening, but actual development and access to production systems is no longer an issue. Now, some consultancies get around this by flying over Indian people who stay for the maximum amount of time their visa will allow them, living out of a hotel - but it's clear the quality of work these people are doing is so hit or miss, as often they staff the wrong people, with the wrong competencies, we basically tell them to fuck off on arrival and have to have arguments with our contacts on the ground here. Overall, our dependency on India, and any other country that doesn't have similar laws in place regarding data breaches, privacy or liability is quickly becoming too risky. Let's face it, if you earn $15-25K USD a year and you're given prod access to a retail database for a Fortune 500, finance, retail, customer-facing, tech services or platform company - you can turn your access into 10 years of salary in less than a week. There are recruiters for this on LinkedIn now, actively reaching out to people with offers for ransomware, data extortion or business-email-compromise profit-sharing arrangements. And the risk is real.