DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post

**Farson** · 06-16-2011, 01:42 PM

The problem is typically that the higher-ups in any given company want to nickel-and-dime their IT security, typically only reacting once a breach has taken place... with the constant cries of the security folks falling on deaf ears, yet they're also the first to be blamed for the security failures. [thumbdown]

So don't point fingers at the security folks... they know it's an issue, but the executives would rather line their own pockets and show better profit margins to their investors.

Agreed, often they may not be able to do anything about it, due to management being stupid and short sighted - then when something does happen it's all 'their' fault, regardless of it actually being due to the management kneecaping them.
Sometimes it's just plain careless, complacent or stupid IT staff - possibly due to management not paying a decent wage for skilled staff or their training.
I'm not in IT, but run into these issues a number of times in other fields.

06-16-2011, 01:42 PM	#24
Farson Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 538 Senior Member	The problem is typically that the higher-ups in any given company want to nickel-and-dime their IT security, typically only reacting once a breach has taken place... with the constant cries of the security folks falling on deaf ears, yet they're also the first to be blamed for the security failures. [thumbdown] So don't point fingers at the security folks... they know it's an issue, but the executives would rather line their own pockets and show better profit margins to their investors. Agreed, often they may not be able to do anything about it, due to management being stupid and short sighted - then when something does happen it's all 'their' fault, regardless of it actually being due to the management kneecaping them. Sometimes it's just plain careless, complacent or stupid IT staff - possibly due to management not paying a decent wage for skilled staff or their training. I'm not in IT, but run into these issues a number of times in other fields.
	Quote