Hi. I'm jon.404, a Unix/Linux/Database/Openstack/Kubernetes Administrator, AWS/GCP/Azure Engineer, mathematics enthusiast, and amateur philosopher. This is where I rant about that which upsets me, laugh about that which amuses me, and jabber about that which holds my interest most: *nix.
Frustration Defined
Posted 03-20-2015 at 06:39 PM by rocket357
I won't lie. I hold a very low opinion of the security saavy of many American corporations. I understand that complexity is the enemy of security, and hence large corporations, who have complex chains of command, are necessarily going to be less secure (ahem...without dedicating tremendous resources and energy into making security a design feature and not an afterthought...such a place, however, is a rare beast indeed).
This, however, this takes a level of lackadaisical complacency that I just can't understand. A financial firm that I previously did business with (who likely still retains some of my personal information) publicly praising another American megacorp whose primary security product stores the financial corporations network security reports on a folder that is web accessible and lacks all access control.
Sarcasm aside, can I opt out of the stupidity?
This, however, this takes a level of lackadaisical complacency that I just can't understand. A financial firm that I previously did business with (who likely still retains some of my personal information) publicly praising another American megacorp whose primary security product stores the financial corporations network security reports on a folder that is web accessible and lacks all access control.
Sarcasm aside, can I opt out of the stupidity?
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When I talk to my kids about security I make the metaphor that it's like washing your hands after you go. You know you that you wash your hands, but that you have to assume that everyone else might not even use toilet paper.Posted 03-23-2015 at 09:24 AM by vmccord 
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That is a beautifully horrifying (and, sadly, completely relevant) metaphor, vmccord.
Posted 03-23-2015 at 10:05 AM by rocket357
