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.kletni...@vt.edu 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). > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
