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j45yesterday at 7:41 PM2 repliesview on HN

It's not corporate IT's fault, it's usually corporate leaderships fault who often cosplay leading technology and not understanding it.

Wherever Tech is a first class citizen and seat at the corporate table, it can be different.


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michaeltyesterday at 7:49 PM

Believe me, the average Fortune 500 CEO does not know or care what “SSL MITM” is, or whether passwords should contain symbols and be changed monthly, or what the difference is between ‘VPN’ and ‘Zero Trust’.

They delegate that stuff. To the corporate IT department.

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pmontrayesterday at 7:53 PM

Sometimes they have checkboxes to tick in some compliance document and they must run the software that let them tick those checkboxes, no exceptions, because those compliances allow the company to be on the market. Regulatory captures, etc.