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Oracle Exec Strikes Out At 'Patch' Mentality
An anonymous reader writes "C|Net has an article up discussing comments by Oracle's Chief Security Officer railing against the culture of patching that exists in the software industry." From the article: "Things are so bad in the software business that it has become 'a national security issue,' with regulation of the industry currently on the agenda, she said. 'I did an informal poll recently of chief security officers on the CSO Council, and a lot of them said they really thought the industry should be regulated,' she said, referring to the security think tank."
Re: "Chief Security Officer Mary Ann Davidson has hit out at an industry ... wedded to a culture of "patch, patch, patch," at a cost to businesses of $59 billion"
So, if people pirated software, instead of buying it, there would be no need for vendors to provide patches and business would be $59 billion richer.
Reduce, reuse, cycle
She claimed that the British are particularly good at hacking as they have "the perfect temperament to be hackers--technically skilled, slightly disrespectful of authority, and just a touch of criminal behavior."
Sums me up perfectly old boy (well maybe not the technically skilled part)
I noticed that you used the Queen's English in writing your post, which means you must be one of those "evil British hackers" mentioned in the TFA.
Remember everyone, the lower the patch frequency a product has, the more secure it must be. Pay no attention to the wookie.
So, what you're saying is: Her survey needs a some patches?
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Damn, now I'm liable for your actions.
What?
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