Comments on: Why you want to have crackers in your security team http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2009/03/why-you-want-to-have-crackers-in-your-security-team/ The Virtual Investor Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:25:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rovert Prohaska http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2009/03/why-you-want-to-have-crackers-in-your-security-team/comment-page-1/#comment-472916 Rovert Prohaska Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:05:15 +0000 http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/?p=916#comment-472916 Fine, but you should tell me that you employ felons, so I can decide whether I want to share my information with you. Also, your statement below is incorrect. Mature companies don't do this: 'What Rafe and others needs to consider is that all technical employees at a company have full and complete access to their customer’s data. In fact they have the root and master accounts, so they don’t even need to know any cracking skills to gain access. The fact Schiefer could crack doesn’t give him any greater access to this data.' Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. I imagine it probably happens in some companies, but it does not happen in general. Fine, but you should tell me that you employ felons, so I can decide whether I want to share my information with you.

Also, your statement below is incorrect. Mature companies don’t do this:

‘What Rafe and others needs to consider is that all technical employees at a company have full and complete access to their customer’s data. In fact they have the root and master accounts, so they don’t even need to know any cracking skills to gain access. The fact Schiefer could crack doesn’t give him any greater access to this data.’

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

I imagine it probably happens in some companies, but it does not happen in general.

]]> By: Jan Ives http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2009/03/why-you-want-to-have-crackers-in-your-security-team/comment-page-1/#comment-472907 Jan Ives Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:58:35 +0000 http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/?p=916#comment-472907 I suspect that you may need to s/nativity/naivety/ Cheers, Jan. I suspect that you may need to s/nativity/naivety/

Cheers,
Jan.

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