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Re:Did Pixar accidentally delete Toy Story 2 during producti... by iraklism on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @02:11PM (#13420203)
Right on the money with the "Real World" anecdote.

We do penetration tests for a wide range of clients across many industries. I would say that the bigger the company, the more childish flaws we find. For sure the complexity, scale, and multiple systems do not help towards having a good security posture , but never assume that because you are auditing a SWIFT backend you will not find anything that can lead to direct compromise.

Maybe not surprisingly, most startups that we work with have a better security posture than F500 companies. They tend to use the latest frameworks that do a good job of protecting against the standard issues, and their relatively small attack landscape doesn't leave you with much to play.

Of course there are exceptions.

Re:Did Pixar accidentally delete Toy Story 2 during producti... by t0mas88 on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @05:45PM (#13422211)
Would love to have a chat about your view on security posture between smaller and bigger companies, but couldn't find your email in your HN profile. Mine is in my profile so if you have the time, please send me a message.
Re:Did Pixar accidentally delete Toy Story 2 during producti... by reubenswartz on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @09:23AM (#13426435)
I actually think that would make a great discussion on HN. ;-)
Re:Did Pixar accidentally delete Toy Story 2 during producti... by iraklism on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @06:33PM (#13431524)
Hmmm can't seem to find your email in your profile. I think you have to put it in the about section.
Re:Did Pixar accidentally delete Toy Story 2 during producti... by t0mas88 on Thursday January 19, 2017 @03:58PM (#13439430)
Ha, oops :-) updated.