Marriott hack hits 500M Starwood guests

Re:Marriott hack hits 500M Starwood guests by darkerside on Friday November 30, 2018 @10:26AM (#18569731)

Seems like it. Bank vaults are difficult to get into, sure. But they're especially difficult to get into without being detected. Go ahead and force your way in if you want to. You most likely won't have long to enjoy it since you've been witnessed in person, by security cameras, and are now carrying marked bills.

Perhaps in the digital world as well, intrusion detection is more valuable than intrusion prevention?

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Re:Marriott hack hits 500M Starwood guests by throwaway5752 on Friday November 30, 2018 @10:55AM (#18569957)

I don't know what your background is, but IPS is a huge deal already. Tens of billions of cumulative market cap in the space. Your physical "bank vault" analogy doesn't model the threat very well for many reasons. If you happen to know how to solve this, though, you will be incredibly wealthy.

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Re:Marriott hack hits 500M Starwood guests by sbov on Friday November 30, 2018 @12:09PM (#18570517)

The digital world does not require my physical presence which means that even if you detect me, odds are you can't even identify, much less apprehend me. Bank robbers have no such luxury.

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Re:Marriott hack hits 500M Starwood guests by darkerside on Friday November 30, 2018 @12:31PM (#18570696)

Most things are impossible before you figure out how to do them

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Re:Marriott hack hits 500M Starwood guests by pc86 on Friday November 30, 2018 @02:39PM (#18571954)

So your argument hinges on changing basic limitations we currently have in monitoring online access?

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