Re: [Full-disclosure] Fwd: Rate Stratfor's Incident Response

[Shyaam Sundhar <shyaam@xxxxxxxxx>]

Completely agreed. Availability and business is top priority for managers. 
Although, once they have gained popularity and to a stage where a garage office 
becomes a shop floor and a @home biz becomes a rent-a-million$-building office, 
it is time to shift priorities. But again, I have no say in that, and it is 
what it is.

Thank you.
Shyaam

On Jan 7, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:

> On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:55:28 EST, Shyaam Sundhar said:
> 
>> My question(s) would be: why are people sloppy by nature when it comes to
>> security? Why is security still considered as a blanket as opposed to the 
>> core
>> of any system?
> 
> In most shops, the level of competence is barely sufficient to make sure that
> the payroll system prints a check for every employee with the correct number 
> on
> it. Trying to keep the system running *and* secure is beyond their competence
> level, so you have to choose one - running or secure.  Most managers will
> choose 'running', because if they choose 'secure', *they* don't get a paycheck
> either...
> 
> (Vastly oversimplified, but that's pretty much it in a nutshell).
> 

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