Insider: critical infrastructure firm flunked security audit, still delays basic fixes
thedealdirector · x · 2026-11-02
Quoting news of cyberattacks on supermarket cold chains, the author recounts dealings with a critical infrastructure company (related to 'going up and down the sky'): it fully failed a security audit, hired a consultant to salvage the result, and still hasn't deployed basic systems, citing budget concerns ('maybe next year'). He endorses the quoted take that a CISO should at least buy remote thermometers and set up alerts.
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