fre. 25. jun. 2021 21.33 skrev Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org >:
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 10:43 AM Tom Beecher <beec...@beecher.cc> wrote: > >> Incompetent insurance companies combined with incompetent IT staff and >>> under-funded IT departments are the nexus of the problem. >>> >> >> Nah, it's even simpler. It's just dollars all around. Always is. >> > > Agreed. > > >> From this company's point of view, the cost to RECOVER from the problems >> is so much smaller than it would be to prevent the problems from happening >> to begin with, so they are happy to let you guys handle it. From the >> insurance company's point of view, they are collecting premiums, but no >> claims are being filed, so they have no incentive to do anything >> differently. >> > > I'm sure that'll change drastically if either of these conditions are true: > * A claim is filed > * An audit is required > * Ransomware surges throughout 2021 and payouts go through the roof > > I think it's reasonable to expect at least one of those things will happen > in the next year. > > -A > Or they do business in the EU where huge fines are becoming the norm. The ransomware does not matter but the implied data breach does.
