Don't Lose Data Without a Hacker

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Don't Lose Data Without a Hacker

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March 19, 2020 at 12:00 am

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roger.plowman SSChampion Points: 10265 More actions · Answer 1

I can't argue we need better security, but I will argue we (as an industry, and even we as humans) do not understand the security domain--period. Thus we can't secure what we have.

In my opinion complexity is the bugbear that prevents us from doing so. Complex buggy tech layered a dozen layers deep is frankly unsecurable.

Should there be some warning systems that tell you you're doing something boneheaded? Probably. But the real trouble is what's boneheaded one place is perfectly reasonable in another.

We're trying to use a fishnet as a pressure hull. The whole paradigm is wrong.

Eric M Russell SSC Guru Points: 125561 More actions · Answer 2

Explain this title: "Don't Lose Data [Without a Hacker]"

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736173 More actions · Answer 3

There are quite a few people losing data because they've put up an open data source on the Internet. No hacking, not really, just someone stumbling across data. Customers have done this multiple times.