Am I the only one here that thinks this, but why are heads not rolling?
Many large virus / worm outbreaks in the last several years that have afflicted many large companies have almost ALL been preventable.
The infections have been avoidable either with proper Firewall Protection alone, or proper Anti-Virus Protection alone, or Proper OS Patches and Updates alone. With all three protection systems in place (ALL PROPERLY CONFIGURED AND UPDATED!) these viruses would not have infected most systems.
So, if these infections were all completely preventable, why are IS and IT heads not rolling. Why are these people NOT being fired for incompetence??
If they requested that technologies be in place or implemented but approval from above was refused, then why are the VP or CEO heads not rolling??
Some staff members can make a simple mistake that costs a company a bit of money (like a user not following a policy, infecting their own system with a virus, and they get fired for it). Yet, these preventable virus / worm outbreaks cost some corporations millions of dollars in down time and lost business, yet no one gets fired?
What?s up with that??
