No executive is going to take security seriously until a security failure costs them some serious pain. Fines will not work because they will be covered by the company or insurance. It has to be hard jail time, and a permanent ban on holding any executive position.
There is currently no cost to the CxOs, presidents, and vice-presidents for security failures. There is a dollar cost to build security into their systems, and that comes out of their pockets.
Any breach should be considered conclusive evidence
In the 1980's, my ex-father-in-law worked for Westinghouse at the "submarines in the desert" sites in Idaho Falls and Arco, Idaho. He was a PhD in Chemical Engineering and in charge of quality control.
He was responsible for insuring the quality of all parts purchased. Quality as in a part must meet spec AND be fit for use.
If the Navy discovered that he approved a problem part, it was pretty much given that he was going to do two years in a federal prison.
"...let's not mock these small sums — except that it's kind of insulting to have five serious breaches in as many years and all customers get is enough to order off the value menu."
Lawyers designed and lobbied for this system of corrupt "income" for their benefit, not yours. Lawyers don't even work for "you" or "justice" anymore. They don't even exist as a deterrent when every legal settlement is STILL financially profitable for the company at fault.
Class-actions are a pathetic waste of time for everyone except the lawyers, and exist to allow Greed N. Corruption to get away with massive amounts of harm without admitting fault or ending their business. They can literally kill withou
I recently tried to upgrade my data limit on T-Mobile. They refused unless I gave them my SSN, which I had not provided many years ago when I originally signed up.
No company should have customer's SSN unless required by law. And even then it should not be used as an ID.
No executive is going to take security seriously until a security failure costs them some serious pain. Fines will not work because they will be covered by the company or insurance. It has to be hard jail time, and a permanent ban on holding any executive position.
There is currently no cost to the CxOs, presidents, and vice-presidents for security failures. There is a dollar cost to build security into their systems, and that comes out of their pockets.
Any breach should be considered conclusive evidence
In the 1980's, my ex-father-in-law worked for Westinghouse at the "submarines in the desert" sites in Idaho Falls and Arco, Idaho. He was a PhD in Chemical Engineering and in charge of quality control.
He was responsible for insuring the quality of all parts purchased. Quality as in a part must meet spec AND be fit for use.
If the Navy discovered that he approved a problem part, it was pretty much given that he was going to do two years in a federal prison.
"...let's not mock these small sums — except that it's kind of insulting to have five serious breaches in as many years and all customers get is enough to order off the value menu."
Lawyers designed and lobbied for this system of corrupt "income" for their benefit, not yours. Lawyers don't even work for "you" or "justice" anymore. They don't even exist as a deterrent when every legal settlement is STILL financially profitable for the company at fault.
Class-actions are a pathetic waste of time for everyone except the lawyers, and exist to allow Greed N. Corruption to get away with massive amounts of harm without admitting fault or ending their business. They can literally kill withou
I recently tried to upgrade my data limit on T-Mobile. They refused unless I gave them my SSN, which I had not provided many years ago when I originally signed up.
No company should have customer's SSN unless required by law. And even then it should not be used as an ID.