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by dcolkitt 2017 days ago
I'd bet dollars to donuts that firms run by professional managers almost certainly have better security practices than family or founder run firms. I say this because research shows that professionally managed firms excel in virtually every other facet of operations and management[1].

[1] https://hbr.org/2011/03/family-firms-need-professional

3 comments

you mean professionally run corporations like Equifax, Target or SolarWinds (published ftp password to github)?
Although I do not disagree with your comment, I would do a double take befpre accepting the source you cite because they are very much incentived to proclaim the result they proclaim.
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Professionally managed versus family managed. Not surprising, both are not quite related to the technical matter being discussed.

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