The author boldly states that “nobody cares about security,” emphasizing the importance of backups and data restores over the concept of security itself. They explain how businesses prioritize avoiding lost revenue due to application downtime, extortion, and lawsuits rather than investing in information security. The author challenges the prevailing attitude among business leaders towards security, highlighting the complexity and ever-changing nature of cyber threats. They discuss the difficulty in quantifying the benefits of security investments and address the challenges of establishing healthy security habits. The article concludes by teasing a future post proposing actionable decisions to promote healthy security behaviors.
https://www.adatosystems.com/2024/09/09/nobody-cares-about-security/