Episode Fifty-Six - You Got Breached, Congratulations

You Got Breached.<br /><br />Congratulations.<br />You’re NOT a special snowflake<br />You can’t go round pouting<br />You don’t need to find anyone to blame<br />No, the Russians probably didn’t do it<br />No, I don’t need tagging in the post<br />Yes, likely you DO need to change some things<br />No, you probably couldn’t have stopped it<br />Yes, you could have likely detected it sooner<br />Yes, you could probably have remediated it faster<br />No, don’t you DARE blame the users!<br />No, your annual training for 30 mins isn’t effective (it sucks)<br />Yes, you can recover from it (hopefully)<br />No, it won’t kill you JUST yet, wait a few more years though…<br />More budget? Stop wining and spend what you have wisely<br />Yes, it means you have to roll up your sleeves<br />Yes, interns or apprentices can help remediate this<br />Yes, get off your ass, it got pwned, get over it<br />No, you’re still NOT a special snowflake.<br /><br />Congratulations.<br />You’re JUST like all the other breaches<br />You can sit down and plan<br />You should go look in the mirror<br />You likely did it to yourself, we’ll get to that.<br />Yes, you can reach out for help and advice<br />NO, you don’t need to buy everyone’s cyber-crap<br />NO, everyone’s cyber-crap isn’t going to stop it either<br />YES, it would be good to know what you actually have<br />YES, it would be great to know WHERE your data IS<br />Yep, IF you can track it back, it probably starts on a users machine<br />Yes, ongoing education HELPS (doesn’t fix, but helps)<br />Yes, you can recover from it (get the basics in order)<br />Yes, we are working on hacking the chips in humans, fun eh?<br />Nope, don’t expect more money, so work smarter<br />Yes, it means you can now get your house in order, good!<br />Yes, you can probably justify headcount but save $$ and get folk TO train<br />Yea, it sucks, sorry, but it’s the way of the new world.<br />And no, you’re not special, you CAN however be a good example.<br /><br />Get the basics sorted out BEFORE your ass