Posts by ecofeco 8240 publicly visible posts • joined 15 Jul 2010
Having supported my share of home workers, they are the perfect targets.
Little to none security, security updates or much of anything else. But they WILL call to figure out why their ISP isn't working. I smile every time I tell them there is not a damn thing I can do about their ISP or home modem/router as it's not company kit.
Something is going on that's bigger than this instance.
A few years ago where I live, the toll road system stole hundreds of dollar PER driver, for 10s of thousands of drivers, for weeks. It took a year for people to get refunds. Meanwhile people were caused serious hardship when their bank accounts were drained AND they got hit with overdraft fees.
This isn't negligence, it's theft and should prosecuted as such.
I've heard of this same problem in other parts of the world as well. Not frequently, but enough to make me wonder is it's deliberate. But deliberate or not, it's still theft.
Every company is getting what they deserve.
I have some top ITsec friends. Unemployed ITsec friends. With world class credentials. Did I mention unemployed? Needless to say, they have horror stories. Mostly of the "we found the flaw and here's the fix. What? I'm fired?" kind.
No mystery to me why these companies are having problems. So screw 'em. Harder if possible.
Far too many companies sabotage themselves looking for "cultural fit" instead of real skills and experience and then complain they can't find people.
Ass kissing and group think never produced a damn thing except more ass kissing and group think.
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