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Given the importance of security and worry over theft of intellectual property by accessing servers on-site, etc., I am really surprised that hi-tech firms (Goo
by davidf18 12y ago
Given the importance of security and worry over theft of intellectual property by accessing servers on-site, etc., I am really surprised that hi-tech firms (Google, Apple, Oracle, Microsoft, ...) don't hire their own security. Also, for people that store data on Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon servers, I'd want security to be vetted by the firm (Google, etc.) that is accountable for providing the secure service.
Incidentally, this also holds true for hospitals, etc. that have secure medical data.
- raincom 12y agoAll these companies have security teams (not network security). Most of them are retired cops, retired detectives, sometimes these companies hire local cops for big bucks as their VP of security. But they also hire managers of security for local sites. But at the bottom level, they have contracted out to Securitas, Guardsmark, SIS Security, etc. Patrolling, monitoring cameras from a central site, checking locks of all doors, badging, etc--all these have been contracted out. Hospitals are better in this aspect: they hire full timers for the bottom layer, and they also keep contract security firms. Stanford hospital is a good example: they have 70% full time security guards, and 30% is contracted out.