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2012 Olympics Security to be Chosen by Sponsorship

Posted by Zonk on from the bribery-it's-everywhere-you-want-to-be dept.

denebian devil writes "In an Editorial/Blog at ITPRO, Davey Winder writes of a keynote speech at Infosecurity Europe by Member of Parliament Derek Wyatt. In this speech, which was about the IT security demands of running the 2012 London Olympics, Derek Wyatt MP dropped the bombshell that IT Security at the Olympics will hinge not on which companies show themselves to be the best in their field or to have the technology that best meets the needs of the Olympics, but rather on whether or not the companies were a 'major sponsor' of the Olympics. So who has bought their way into being the security experts of choice, and with whom our security and that of the visiting millions will rest? Visa."

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  1. why is this on slashdot? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This impacts none of you nerds. Everyone here has asthma.

  2. Re:Duh, it's the olympics. by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a little unfair. Hosting the Olympics can totally transform a city's economy. After all, look at what's happened to Sarajevo since it hosted the Olympics in 1984!