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> then cybersecurity will go to the next level where every company has to assume if they get hacked, they will get destroyed, so it becomes probably even more c

> then cybersecurity will go to the next level where every company has to assume if they get hacked, they will get destroyed, so it becomes probably even more critical than other business processes. So then companies will finally start taking security seriously, that needs to be done right from day one, and not as a "hack" that they add after they've already reached a million subscribers? If only that would happen, because clearly the Sony executive in charge of security thought the opposite of that, saying as much as it "didn't make sense" to secure the company too much. Maybe, just maybe, post-Snowden and post-Sony hack, people and companies will start taking online security seriously, while at the same time, the main stakeholders of the Internet will make a solid effort to push everyone to more modern security systems that aren't based on stuff invented 20-30 years ago and are now unnecessarily complex + easy to hack.

nemothekid 12y ago
>Maybe, just maybe, post-Snowden and post-Sony hack, people and companies will start taking online security seriously, while at the same time, the main stakeholders of the Internet will make a solid effort to push everyone to more modern security systems that aren't based on stuff invented 20-30 years ago and are now unnecessarily complex + easy to hack. It was only a matter of time. To be honest I could easily understand why a 60 year old exec wouldn't take IT security seriously. Even though they use it everyday, the recent "hacks" have only been a minor inconvenience to the companies targeted. Only banks and "younger" tech companies seem to take security seriously, because they have money to lose. Target had $0 taken from them when they got hacked. However now thats its clear that almost every facet of the company flows through technology people will no be more serious about security. Now that execs can't get paid and they lose money its an issue. The SPE hack shows that if security isn't taken seriously, hackers will literally bomb you back to the stone ages. I'm sure any competent security engineer is now seeing their paychecks rise and their opinions taken more seriously. I feel bad for those that worked at Sony (moreso the employees - its not impossible that year from now their credit will be destroyed because some skiddy decided to use their SSNs to buy a hummer after the fact). Even basic stuff - there doesn't even seem to be a post-hack disaster plan here too. Who knows how long it will take SPE to recover.

nemothekid 12y ago

>Maybe, just maybe, post-Snowden and post-Sony hack, people and companies will start taking online security seriously, while at the same time, the main stakeholders of the Internet will make a solid effort to push everyone to more modern security systems that aren't based on stuff invented 20-30 years ago and are now unnecessarily complex + easy to hack. It was only a matter of time. To be honest I could easily understand why a 60 year old exec wouldn't take IT security seriously. Even though they use it everyday, the recent "hacks" have only been a minor inconvenience to the companies targeted. Only banks and "younger" tech companies seem to take security seriously, because they have money to lose. Target had $0 taken from them when they got hacked. However now thats its clear that almost every facet of the company flows through technology people will no be more serious about security. Now that execs can't get paid and they lose money its an issue. The SPE hack shows that if security isn't taken seriously, hackers will literally bomb you back to the stone ages. I'm sure any competent security engineer is now seeing their paychecks rise and their opinions taken more seriously. I feel bad for those that worked at Sony (moreso the employees - its not impossible that year from now their credit will be destroyed because some skiddy decided to use their SSNs to buy a hummer after the fact). Even basic stuff - there doesn't even seem to be a post-hack disaster plan here too. Who knows how long it will take SPE to recover.