Re: Security: Public vs. Private

[Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>]

I think it depends.  I've worked for and with the gov't.  I've worked in the
public sector.  As a consultant, I've worked with most everything you can
think of.

I find that Government (private) is more restrictive about what they allow
and what they don't allow, but I don't find them to any better than the
public sector.  The stuff that I've found in Government is just better.
 More skilled hacks.

Government is pretty locked down for the most part, and public is more
permissive.  So I'd say that the threat is different, not more or less
secure.

J

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Jon Schipp <jonschipp () gmail com> wrote:

> 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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