Re: Security: Public vs. Private

["Chesmore, Michael [DAS]" <Michael.Chesmore () iowa gov>]

Having some experience in both I can answer part of this.  Unfortunately my answer will not clarify anything.  You 
cannot simply say public vs private.  It has been my experience that parts of the public sector I.E. DoD, and NSA are 
WELL ahead of the curve.  Coming from DoD most recently they are very on top of their game.  The Federal Government and 
State Government, are WELL behind the power curve.  County governments and city municipalities that I have encountered, 
were ran over by the power curve.

Private sector is light years ahead of most (most but not all).  But from what I have witnessed it is not that they are 
so much techie smarter, they are much, much process smarter.  There are smart techies a plenty, but unfortunately the 
bureaucracy and workday ends at 4:30 mentality of public sector is killing them.

Just my thoughts
Mike

From: pauldotcom-bounces () mail pauldotcom com [mailto:pauldotcom-bounces () mail pauldotcom com] On Behalf Of Jon 
Schipp
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 11:16 AM
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Subject: [Pauldotcom] Security: Public vs. Private

For those that have worked in both sectors or for those that are familiar with the relationships, which tends to be the 
most "secure".
(I'm leaving a partly-open interpretation of the word).

In other words, as a generalization, which area seems to take computer and network "security" more seriously, or who 
tends to do a better job?

I'm aware that each have different threats, but I'm trying to look at this from a high-level macroeconomic perspective.

Most people familiar with economics and history know that the public sector tends to always lag behind the private in 
various areas due to the
private sectors price-system and its profit/loss mechanisms.

I'm assuming that this is the case for IT security as well. What do you guys think? From your experiences what can you 
conclude?
Generalize.

Also, does anyone know if there have been studies on this?

Thanks!
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