Source
Article: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/State-hacks-back-20130526
This article is about how the government is bringing in
hackers to test and improve the security of data in departments across the
South African government in the wake of a cyber-attack by hackers on the SA
Police force.
Craig Rosewarne, chairperson of the Information Security Group Africa, said his group had repeatedly warned government decision makers of the importance of data security.
"Unfortunately, we’re just going to have to wait for more incidents to take place and more public pressure around these issues before we see the urgency needed."
The fascinating thing about this statement is that it
reflects how the World deals with problems, where the World is always in a
reactive state towards problem solving, instead of utilising a preventative
approach.
If you look at a Reactive problem solving technique, the
problem that becomes apparent is that for you to react, you must first have
something to react to, meaning that the problem must first play out. This would
mean that the problem has already caused whatever harm it was going to cause.
If you look at a Preventative problem solving technique, you
no longer have to wait for harm to occur as you would be preventing all foreseeable
problems before they occur. This would mean that there would be a significant
reduction in harmful problems.
Investigate Equal Money, where one of the main basic principles
is: Prevention is the Best Cure!
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