Comment Re:Incompetence is the key (Score 1) 142
I must agree with you, the key regarding network security is in fact incompetence. Nevertheless securing big networks with hundreds or thousands of hosts is a hard job. The problem resides in the conjunction of some facts.
1.Normally the security platforms are insufficient to prevent several types of attacks.
2.Most of ICT personnel are incompetent regarding network security.
3.Education in that area is flaw or inexistent.
Nowadays company executives see this type of problems as acceptable risks, so invest more in this areas 9in the majority of the cases isn't a priority now.
But let me put it straight, as I've seen only in the US more than a billion dollars is lost every year due to security flaws. Doesn't it justify a bigger educational effort in this area? I don't know, I may be wrong but until now nobody was able to justify me why.