Seems to me to be a feature you would want to use only if you are on the go & need your data anywhere OR if you have multiple devices where you need access to the same information.
Very true. Just look, for example at Dropbox. A free service that hosts your data and ensured security. Then we find out later that they de-dupe your data, which essentially is not secure since a single copy of duplicate files is stored for all users. So I can only imagine that for storage savings-purposes, other cloud vendors do the same.
Your points here regarding what Citibanks CIO should be doing now had me wondering-
"I would be having tough discussions with the providers and operators of the system and all the high-tech companies that supplied the hardware and software.
I would also be much more careful when selecting the next service provider, and I would put the onus for preventing future attacks on that provider. Perhaps I would also get the provider to sign a contractual clause promising to indemnify my company against blames, if an attack were to happen in future, and provide financial compensation for lost money, time, and productivity."
Should'nt all this have been part of the Contingency planning in advance itself?
What about all the clawbacks that are in place in most Security contracts today?
I find it hard to believe that a major Financial System like Citibank does'nt have some form of Clawback similar to this which I visualised here.The IT system suffers a breach because of your products drawbacks-Pay Up.
What about Cyber Insurance?It is today one of the fastest growing industries in America.Does'nt Citibank have some form of Liability insurance here?Why should shareholders take such a direct and immediate hit?
i have the same opinion as the rest that making IT 100% safe may not be possible and the advancement of technology might make it more difficult. It is surprizing with the case of citibank that hacker took only 3 million and not more. Is there any reasoning why not more money? Only those incident of high profile account hacking come to news.
I think most companies tend to follow the 'cure' model as opposed to 'prevention' model whereby they only react to security incidents after an actual attack or a data breach has taken place. Given the recent attacks on high-tech companies such as Sony, there's an absolute need for most organizations to firstly check the security of their systems against all kinds of attacks and fill in the loopholes before it's too late. The hackers are progressing faster than developments in cyber security are.
Wecannothave100%securityinsoftwaresystems. Even in the latest security program willbeabackdoororabuginsecuritypolicies.Evenamilitarybasecanbeviolated.
Hacking and crackingisonestepfrontfromtoday'ssecurityprograms.Ibelieveonlywithmonitoringwecanregulatethehacker'sattacks.AndmanycompaniesunderestimatetheneedofhavingITsecuritydepartmentandsecuritypolicies.
I'm sure the ISP will have something to say about that. They should be able to limit content, traffic or some other aspect of the communication but with the whole issue of net neutrality, they will not be allowed to do that.
The problem with making them responsible is that they can't control a user's behavior. They can have the firewall set up but that might not be enough.
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