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I have a friend who works security, previously for the government, and now for Visa. In his opinion: if you haven't been hacked, you just aren't an interesting
by sbov 12y ago
I have a friend who works security, previously for the government, and now for Visa. In his opinion: if you haven't been hacked, you just aren't an interesting enough target for the right people.
I don't know how common this line of thought is in security. But if it is common, then if you're a small company, aren't you better off not hosting my stuff at these large companies, because it's putting information you collect with someone who is more likely to be "interesting" to the right people?
- sounds 12y agoI think a more correct assessment would be: If you think you haven't been hacked, you probably have (or you are so small that you may have only been probed by bots). If you haven't actually been hacked yet, it is only a matter of time. Ideally you start designing security layers now, before you are compromised.
- freehunter 12y agoAs the famous quote goes: there's two types of companies - those who have been hacked and those who will be. Actually, there is a third kind: those that will back hacked again.