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Information Security and a Leaky RoofMarch 29, 2010Here on the East Coast we’ve been treated to a mild but very wet spring and it reminds me of a story my dad told me when I was a young boy. During a late spring deluge an old and less than industrious farmer complained to his neighbor that he was exhausted after spending the night running throughout his house placing pans, pails, buckets and anything else that would hold water underneath the many leaks in his roof. “I couldn’t keep up,” the farmer said. “The water ruined walls and ceilings, rugs and furniture, floors and even the old Philco.”
Two days later the sun broke out and a drying breeze offered welcome relief, and the farmer’s neighbor drove up with his truck bed laden with tools and materials and climbed the porch steps to find the farmer dozing in an old rocking chair. Opening one eye, he greeted his neighbor. “Howdy. What brings you out on such a fine day?”
“I thought I’d help you patch up that roof of yours,” the neighbor generously offered.
“Well, I thank you kindly but it won’t be necessary,” the farmer replied.
“Oh, did you already manage the repairs?”
“Didn’t have to. Once the rain stopped it quit leaking.”
How like the old farmer’s is the attitude of many organizations when it comes to information security? When a data security issue is exposed, companies scramble to plug the hole or respond to the breach, grabbing pails and buckets in an attempt to contain the mess, but once the sun is shining again, the motivation to address the root of the problem evaporates like the morning dew.
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