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Security's Shaky State

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the overworked-and-underpaid dept.

Ant writes "According to InformationWeek, Information Technology (I.T.) security professionals say when it comes to security, most I.T. departments are underfunded, understaffed, and underrepresented. Resourceful I.T. security professionals are getting the job done, but their efforts have been hampered by undersized staffs and underfunded budgets that limit choices ranging from what products they buy to the vendors they work with."

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  1. Re:No one notices a well done security job... by jmp_nyc · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sigh. I've learned "I don't understand why we need X" is all too often a warning from a superior that continuing to push for X (including by providing the supposedly requested info) may be a career-limiting move. OTOH, if X turns out to have been needed after all, not having gotten it is hard to explain to that same superior.

    I've experienced worse. At one company I worked at, I warned of the pitfalls of a particular implementation my boss had been sold on. I was ignored. When the problems I predicted showed up, I was then blamed for creating them.

    I quit that job as soon as a chance to move to a reasonably solid company came along...
    -JMP