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by Jiro 1856 days ago
Cybersecurity drastically varies depending on the actions of a business in a way which physical security doesn't, short of the business failing to lock its doors at night. And if the business does fail to lock its doors, the business is directly hurt, giving businesses incentives to treat security properly, while security breaches often hurt the customers, but not the company.

Also, you don't generally see the police demanding that retailers have windows that are easy to break because the police might want to rob them themselves someday, but the equivalent is routine with the government and cybersecurity.