Re:Thousands of Delta passengers delayed by computer outage
by nkozyra on Monday August 08, 2016 @08:22AM
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Another big reason is security - the less a nefarious actor knows about a system, the better (at least from the perspective of a large, closed organization).
Now we know this is not always true, but even giving out details about schema, data-organization or technologies used could provide more detail than is necessary.
We could argue the merits of this approach - I can certainly sympathize with the idea - but security by obscurity is still a rampant ethos in huge corporations. I wouldn't be surprised if TSA also enforced a bit of this as well.
Re:Thousands of Delta passengers delayed by computer outage
by TuringNYC on Monday August 08, 2016 @01:57PM
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This makes sense in a vacuum, but it is pretty easy to figure out any decent sized company's tech stack just by browsing their IT group's LinkedIn profiles.
Now we know this is not always true, but even giving out details about schema, data-organization or technologies used could provide more detail than is necessary.
We could argue the merits of this approach - I can certainly sympathize with the idea - but security by obscurity is still a rampant ethos in huge corporations. I wouldn't be surprised if TSA also enforced a bit of this as well.