slazer2au@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry?message-squaremessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry?slazer2au@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square126fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLemming421@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoSure, but the reason isn’t always just security. We have government contracts and want more. But to get those, they insist on us doing a bunch of security things. So it sucks for the users, but if we don’t implement the restrictions, we lose the contracts and thus the income. And as a side benefit, holy shit we are pretty secure. Next annual pentest soon and I’m expecting good things from it!
Sure, but the reason isn’t always just security.
We have government contracts and want more. But to get those, they insist on us doing a bunch of security things.
So it sucks for the users, but if we don’t implement the restrictions, we lose the contracts and thus the income.
And as a side benefit, holy shit we are pretty secure. Next annual pentest soon and I’m expecting good things from it!