Re: Rank Hypocrisy
@severus.
"non-compliance was under-investment in IT"
Unfortunately, this particular issue wasn't caused by underinvestment. Although a lot of attention was thrown at Windows XP (and it's an issue, don't get me wrong), the reality is that Windows 7 (still supported) was the majority victim and it affected Windows all the way up to 10. The issue was patching and Microsoft making patches available and the time it takes to apply them. It was also about intelligence agencies keeping exploits to themselves and then when they suddenly get known, not enough time is available to sort things out before the exploits hit.
Of course, we shouldn't be running Windows XP machines anymore and underinvestment is a primary cause of this (although in some areas such as machines running scanners, it's very difficult), but it wasn't the cause of this particular issue.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
