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by sgjohnson 2521 days ago
Problem is, executives don't understand those things. Of course it's very simple to point a finger at them, but they rarely are tech savvy, and they are there to run the company, not micromanage every decision every department makes.
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Hiring people that don't know what they're doing isn't a reasonable excuse, such as Susan Mauldin, the ex-CSO of Equifax with a bachelor in music and no technical or security related education/training
Then they had better start hiring replacements soon..