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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1628698"><p>Having been a consultant to CFO's, CIO's and CEO's, as well as senior local, state and Federal IT management, I can tell you that even when presented with the facts of the situation, most of them put their heads in the sand and take the &quot;bear&quot; approach (I don't need to outrun the bear, I just need to outrun YOU and let YOU deal with the bear). But the problem is, obviously, that in a truly targeted attack, that philosophy fails miserably. But when you look at breeches at Target, Home Depot, etc, that's more of a drive-by break in. Basically, the hackers just looked for a source of credit cards and found the weak players in that space. Sony, on the other hand, was targeted by high energy and high tech hackers. I don't know what they had in place, if anything, but about the only way they could have been protected from that attack was to be invisible to the internet except through a &quot;burn down&quot; DMZ. Those aren't cheap, or easy to build and maintain, but maybe Sony taught a lesson. It's no longer acceptable to just be able to outrun you, I have to outrun the bear.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1628698"] Having been a consultant to CFO's, CIO's and CEO's, as well as senior local, state and Federal IT management, I can tell you that even when presented with the facts of the situation, most of them put their heads in the sand and take the "bear" approach (I don't need to outrun the bear, I just need to outrun YOU and let YOU deal with the bear). But the problem is, obviously, that in a truly targeted attack, that philosophy fails miserably. But when you look at breeches at Target, Home Depot, etc, that's more of a drive-by break in. Basically, the hackers just looked for a source of credit cards and found the weak players in that space. Sony, on the other hand, was targeted by high energy and high tech hackers. I don't know what they had in place, if anything, but about the only way they could have been protected from that attack was to be invisible to the internet except through a "burn down" DMZ. Those aren't cheap, or easy to build and maintain, but maybe Sony taught a lesson. It's no longer acceptable to just be able to outrun you, I have to outrun the bear. [/QUOTE]

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