Equifax had terabytes of data exfiltrated off of their network. "And did we notice it?" "Nope." "And whose job was it to notice?" "..."
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You would hope that a company with critical information would have wargamed out breach scenarios years ago and put in layers of defense.
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"OK, if they pop a server, what do we do?" "An alarm is raised; we push the Madagascar button." "The what?" "Shut. Down. Everything."
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I will bet at 100 to 1 odds that Equifax has no Madagascar button, the utility of which is obvious years before any particular breach.
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I would also bet that Equifax did not think of the question "Who has the authority to push the Big Red Button?", which serious orgs do.
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Here's another win for Japanese mgmt (we do get *some* things right): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andon_(manufacturing) … Literally anyone can push the Big Red Button.
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There is a large car company that you're aware of which begins its training about Big Red Buttons with reasons why janitors have pushed it.
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"But why would you let a janitor cost the company millions of dollars?" Because we made a considered decision about tolerances and quality.
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Equifax has apparently not made that considered decision, which is the same thing as making a considered decision... they chose this outcome
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Replying to @patio11
I enjoyed the commentary - probably worth making into a blog post!
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Alrighty, maybe over the weekend.
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Replying to @patio11 @DanSchuller
please do - I plan to share the hell out of it because it is literally what I’ve been saying, only far better stated
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Same here. Would appreciate a blog post.
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