Re:Hospitals across England hit by large-scale cyber-attack
by acomjean on Friday May 12, 2017 @02:14PM
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As someone who worked in Civil Engineering (EIT) who writes software now I'll agree.
When an engineer gets a license from the state they stamp the drawings. If anything goes wrong, they go write back to the engineer who stamped it. When I was in civil engineering we were asked to redo another firms calculations when things didn't go well (mostly slope stability).
Though for software, I did work on mission critical systems (radar), and they did have a pretty good review/testing regimen. They tested a lot.
For smaller shops, there is pressure to get it done fast and ship yesterday, quality isn't the first consideration. I think liability for attacks from your boxes that have been hacked is low, so even then people aren't as vigilant. See IOT devices..
When an engineer gets a license from the state they stamp the drawings. If anything goes wrong, they go write back to the engineer who stamped it. When I was in civil engineering we were asked to redo another firms calculations when things didn't go well (mostly slope stability).
Though for software, I did work on mission critical systems (radar), and they did have a pretty good review/testing regimen. They tested a lot.
For smaller shops, there is pressure to get it done fast and ship yesterday, quality isn't the first consideration. I think liability for attacks from your boxes that have been hacked is low, so even then people aren't as vigilant. See IOT devices..