Oracle Exec Strikes Out At 'Patch' Mentality

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday May 28, 2006 @08:40PM from the this-post-to-be-patched-later dept.

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."

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Re:Wow... is this what the software industry needs by cyber-vandal · 2006-05-28 21:13 · Score: 4, Funny

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)
Re:Well, obviously.... by Thing+1 · 2006-05-29 04:53 · Score: 4, Funny

1. Take scissors.
2. Poke your eye out.
Damn, now I'm liable for your actions.
What?

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