On: Moody’s downgraded Equifax from “stable” to “negative” due to cybersecurity

[toomuchtodo]

How do people so dangerously incompetent get hired into these roles?

Edit: My question and the replies are incredibly depressing as an infosec practitioner.

[inflatableDodo → toomuchtodo]

Hairstyle, height and chin shape.

[TheHegemon → inflatableDodo]

This would be funny if it wasn't so depressingly true.

[inflatableDodo → TheHegemon]

We are perhaps being too cynical, it isn't quite that straight forward. I hear you also need to wear the right tie and buy the correct pair of expensive shoes.

[mrguyorama → inflatableDodo]

Also your uncle knows the manager

[skywhopper → toomuchtodo]

The people making the decisions about who to hire have even less technical expertise.

[duxup → toomuchtodo]

The volume of people in the security world with near 0 basic knowledge is pretty shocking, but common.

[ackbar03 → toomuchtodo]

I think it's the same everywhere. I work in finance, after 5 years of working out of college in almost convinced that incompetence is a requirement for senior management positions. That and ass kissing and the ability to twist facts

[WrtCdEvrydy → toomuchtodo]

"Experience"

[DoreenMichele → WrtCdEvrydy]

One day, my son was ranting about some guy who, in my son's opinion, was the death of multiple cool projects. He was like "I don't know how he keeps getting hired! He destroys everything he touches!"

And I told him "His resume lists multiple cool projects that he worked on."

(Facepalming ensued.)

[rasz → WrtCdEvrydy]

and connections, knows someone who knows someone

[test1235 → toomuchtodo]

it's who you know ...