The call and text message records of hundreds of millions of AT&T cellphone customers in mid-to-late 2022 were exposed in a massive data breach, the telecom company revealed Friday.
Given all the security training and certifications required to work in network security,
Certifications cannot verify creativity, it’s why they’re kind of useless for a lot of IT(and I suppose other engineering fields). Security like QA requires exploring unique paths that other people wouldn’t have thought of
That assumes every carrier has terrible security.
…which is probably a safe bet.
Given all the security training and certifications required to work in network security, I’m shocked that security is routinely so terrible.
Certifications cannot verify creativity, it’s why they’re kind of useless for a lot of IT(and I suppose other engineering fields). Security like QA requires exploring unique paths that other people wouldn’t have thought of
I don’t think not knowing what to do is the problem. It’s more that the people who control the budgets don’t think it’s a priority.
“What do we even pay you for?” / “What do we even pay you for?”
If paying the penalty for a breach is cheaper than preventing a breach…