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Opsec is expensive and requires discipline. The average for profit organization can at best perform box checking security theater. Any real hindrance to their b
by namaria 3y ago
Opsec is expensive and requires discipline. The average for profit organization can at best perform box checking security theater. Any real hindrance to their business goal is gonna get diluted or sidelined into irrelevance.
Security is not a technical problem, it's a sociopolitical problem. That's my main gripe with the business of computer security (even the name cybersecurity rubs me the wrong way... cybernetics is about robotics control systems). All these hard selling seemingly highly advanced stuff, all these script kiddies showing companies how much vulnerability is peppered all over their systems. And in the end you can call up people and they will cheerily give away credentials against vague verbal assurances.
- technion 3y agoI'm well with you there. It has been the bane of my existence trying to sell "lets enforce MFA" when you can command far more authority and respect for saying "let's buy security copilot".
- namaria 3y agoIt's frustrating to say the least. Venting on a forum where I don't get stared at like I've grown a second head for daring to think about more context than my own deliverables is my single outlet...