[CommanderData]

Having worked with Indian consultancy firms for over 10 years. I can safely say security attitudes and practices haven't changed much.

There's always this culture of taking shortcuts at the expense of security and quality.

[cjbgkagh]

One of the problems with incompetence, of which there are many, is that it gives bad actors space to operate. From a security point of view I don’t think the distinction matters all that much.

That said, the situations I’ve head about were from affiliate ransomware attacks that didn’t make the news because the backup worked. It’s difficult to keep things secure from highly motivated internal bad actors. I’ve been told it’s an increasing trend but have not heard much about it publicly.

[d1sxeyes]

The challenge is this though: companies that are outsourcing to these consultancy firms put them against each other in RFPs that incentivise whatever behaviour can get them to the lowest bid.

Inevitably quality suffers. Until customers start awarding business based on something other than the number at the bottom, this kind of thing will continue.