Re: Gartner's Security 3.0

["Jay D. Dyson" <jdyson () treachery net>]

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On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, M.B.Jr. wrote:

> > That's certainly in keeping with the way industry treats 
> > security: it's consistently regarded as an afterthought.
>
> Didn't get your point here; see, they are obviously suggesting 
> prevention.

	My point is that prevention and redress of security issues are 
consistently given only cursory attention; often little more than lip 
service...until systems start crashing or the firm starts hemorrhaging 
sensitive data.

> > To be honest, I'm not very concerned.  I wear a lot of hats across the 
> > IT sector, so I've always got work.  But when (not if) the next system 
> > gets cratered because of lousy security, I'll be more than happy to do 
> > the work, earn the large sums, and consider the cashing of the 
> > customer's checks as my way of saying, "See, I told you so."
>
> Oh, very professional.

	Thanks.  I've long appreciated the wisdom of the adage that one 
can lead a horse to water but cannot make it drink, so I focus instead on 
making the beast thirsty enough to rethink its mission.

- -Jay

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