Are IT pros responsible for ransomware attacks?
There are 129 types of jobs that are regulated by law in Denmark. There are good and obvious reasons why not just any Ken, Brian, or Dennis can legally install a toilet or gas stove, perform brain surgery, or prove that a building is strong enough to withstand the cold winter. The reasons why the state cares about who runs pet shops, inseminates cattle, or taxiderms may not be so obvious, but if you read the laws, there are many unknown extremes in animal welfare and endangered species protection case. It is worth noting that this list does not include any IT-related jobs as if those jobs did not exist at all; IT architecture, computers, computer networks, computer security, or privacy protection of computer systems. Those who are legally barred from other professions—perhaps because of incompetence, fraud, or both—have complete freedom to enter the IT industry and be in charge of the IT architecture or IT systems that control half of the hydrocarbons on the US East Coast network security.
For gas, water, electricity, sewers, or building stability, the regulations don’t care whether a company is hundreds of years old or just started this morning, the rules are always the same: things should work, and only licensed people can, because they Know what to do, and if they don’t, they could be prosecuted. As with almost every other engineering career, it’s too late for IT engineers to take on professional responsibility. Before you tell me it’s impossible, please study how the same thing happens in electricity, planes, cranes, trains, ships, cars, elevators, food processing, construction, and car driving. As with software product liability, the astute reader is likely to exclaim, “This will be the end of IT as we know it!” My answer is thoughtful, “Yes, please, that’s exactly how I see it!”
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