Re:Equifax Releases Details on Cybersecurity Incident, Annou...
by gaius on Saturday September 16, 2017 @09:07AM
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Isn't it interesting that one needs a license to drive an automobile and yet companies that handle this type of information get to do so without demonstrating the required level of competence
Oh, it's the whole industry tho'. VMS running on DEC hardware was at a level of security and reliability that we can only dream of today, but it was abandoned on the scrapheap and replaced by glorified PCs running a hobbyist OS. If you wanted to build an infrastructure on old-skool principles now you couldn't, you can't get the components anymore. The truth is we're fighting a losing battle and the real enemy is ourselves.
Oh, it's the whole industry tho'. VMS running on DEC hardware was at a level of security and reliability that we can only dream of today, but it was abandoned on the scrapheap and replaced by glorified PCs running a hobbyist OS. If you wanted to build an infrastructure on old-skool principles now you couldn't, you can't get the components anymore. The truth is we're fighting a losing battle and the real enemy is ourselves.