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Imagine being one of the guys in charge of cybersecurity of MGM. I would dig a hole and hide.

by jiofj 3y ago

ComputerGuru 3y ago
I think those heads are on the chopping block no matter which hole they’re hiding in.
- NegativeK 3y ago
  I'd say that responsible organizations know that a hack is inevitable and you evaluate based on the response, but I've heard from people who've worked at MGM in the past that the place is disgustingly cutthroat.
Sytten 3y ago
Bold of you to assume there was one (before the incident) /s
graton 3y ago
Or they have been telling management for years that security needs to be improved and more spending is needed to do that but management declined to provide funding.
- Freedom2 3y ago
  It's still on the onus of the employee to properly state their viewpoint and deliver a proper business document, outlining the risks and benefits. Too many times I've seen security been increased and upgraded, at the cost of the entire business shutting down, or even worse, layoffs.
jszymborski 3y ago
The cybersecurity team will probably take the fall for it, but if I had to take a guess, their budget was probably no where near where it should be for a team that is responsible for protecting $8.4M of revenue a day.
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insanitybit 3y ago
If you're the CISO or whatever it's basically your job to get fired when this happens tbh
- not_real_acct 3y ago
  This didn't age well: "[Okta] is one of the things that I can put in my toolkit to say, ‘Hey, we're gonna move faster because we have this identity component nailed. Scott Howitt, CISO, MGM Resorts International" That's a testimony from Okta's website.
fortran77 3y ago
It took a while to find their CTO, he's also head of "Strategy" and "Innovation" https://investors.mgmresorts.com/investors/news-releases/press-release-details/2021/Tilak-Mandadi-To-Join-MGM-Resorts-International-As-Chief-Strategy-Innovation--Technology-Officer/default.aspx https://investors.mgmresorts.com/investors/news-releases/pre...

Imagine being one of the guys in charge of cybersecurity of MGM. I would dig a hole and hide.

by jiofj 3y ago

Imagine being one of the guys in charge of cybersecurity of MGM. I would dig a hole and hide.

ComputerGuru 3y ago

I think those heads are on the chopping block no matter which hole they’re hiding in.

NegativeK 3y ago
I'd say that responsible organizations know that a hack is inevitable and you evaluate based on the response, but I've heard from people who've worked at MGM in the past that the place is disgustingly cutthroat.

Sytten 3y ago

Bold of you to assume there was one (before the incident) /s

graton 3y ago

Or they have been telling management for years that security needs to be improved and more spending is needed to do that but management declined to provide funding.

Freedom2 3y ago
It's still on the onus of the employee to properly state their viewpoint and deliver a proper business document, outlining the risks and benefits. Too many times I've seen security been increased and upgraded, at the cost of the entire business shutting down, or even worse, layoffs.

jszymborski 3y ago

The cybersecurity team will probably take the fall for it, but if I had to take a guess, their budget was probably no where near where it should be for a team that is responsible for protecting $8.4M of revenue a day.

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insanitybit 3y ago

If you're the CISO or whatever it's basically your job to get fired when this happens tbh

not_real_acct 3y ago
This didn't age well: "[Okta] is one of the things that I can put in my toolkit to say, ‘Hey, we're gonna move faster because we have this identity component nailed. Scott Howitt, CISO, MGM Resorts International" That's a testimony from Okta's website.

fortran77 3y ago

It took a while to find their CTO, he's also head of "Strategy" and "Innovation" https://investors.mgmresorts.com/investors/news-releases/press-release-details/2021/Tilak-Mandadi-To-Join-MGM-Resorts-International-As-Chief-Strategy-Innovation--Technology-Officer/default.aspx https://investors.mgmresorts.com/investors/news-releases/pre...