However, with ever growing annual concerns over data integrity, hacking, cyber crime, information security and the increased financial threat of ransomware it may not be a luxury going forward. In my view, gone are the days when an organization should take the risks with having both key roles handled by one individual or even including the tech lead role combined into that one super human entity. Gone. That was 2000 or perhaps even 2010. But the climate has changed drastically and it is a more dangerous and less forgiving tech world out there now as we approach 2018 and beyond.
When I quizzed just my circle of current and past clients a little over 40% of them responded that they had been the victims of at least some sort of hacking incident in the past year. Thankfully none were a result of any oversight on my part and thankfully none were serious or of the ransomware variety. But still... more than 40%. Wow. I was guessing the number would be closer to 10%. Surprise, surprise. But this is reality and we have to get used to it - and defending against it and trying to avoid it will take time and money and still there will never be any guarantees. Do we want to cut corners on our critical projects? Do we want to reduce budgets and personnel needed to hopefully keep our data safe and our clients happy? Probably not...
When I quizzed just my circle of current and past clients a little over 40% of them responded that they had been the victims of at least some sort of hacking incident in the past year. Thankfully none were a result of any oversight on my part and thankfully none were serious or of the ransomware variety. But still... more than 40%. Wow. I was guessing the number would be closer to 10%. Surprise, surprise. But this is reality and we have to get used to it - and defending against it and trying to avoid it will take time and money and still there will never be any guarantees. Do we want to cut corners on our critical projects? Do we want to reduce budgets and personnel needed to hopefully keep our data safe and our clients happy? Probably not...
