Re:CISA broke into a US federal agency, and no one noticed f...
by acdha on Friday July 12, 2024 @06:51PM
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You can only spend money on what your budget specifically allows. If you’re in the military, the fact that you are authorized to procure $1B aircraft doesn’t mean you can hire a $200k IT security engineer to protect your HR system and you can go to jail if you try to pay for an application upgrade out of that budget unless it’s directly linked to that program.
If you’re not in the military, the fact that someone else has a big budget doesn’t help you any more than your neighbor having a Mercedes helps pay your internet bill.
There are general budgets and people build in support costs, of course, but it’s terribly easy to find people who have been asking for budget to replace something years before its end of life but keep getting turned down in the congressional budgeting process. Politicians want to fund things their constituents like, but the unloved internal support app is just as much of a risk to have on your network.
If you’re not in the military, the fact that someone else has a big budget doesn’t help you any more than your neighbor having a Mercedes helps pay your internet bill.
There are general budgets and people build in support costs, of course, but it’s terribly easy to find people who have been asking for budget to replace something years before its end of life but keep getting turned down in the congressional budgeting process. Politicians want to fund things their constituents like, but the unloved internal support app is just as much of a risk to have on your network.