Re:Two top Equifax execs to retire after security breach
by sasas on Friday September 15, 2017 @08:25PM
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Here they left the door wide open. Google does not leave the door wide open. Google does not have perfect security. But we expect them to make the cost to an attacker high enough that it requires massive investment for a successful breach. Why should we expect less for a company that keeps 140+ million customer records?
If you don't feel that way, I propose asking some of your pentester friends how they feel about the breach. Somewhere between unsurprised and shrug, probably.
It doesn't change a thing that this situation demands higher security. We're fighting against forces of nature. Except instead of extinguishing forest fires, we're asking for the equivalent of no forest fires, ever, and arguing vehemently that modern technology is so good that forest fires should not have been allowed to happen.