I got 99 problems but giving a shit ain’t one
Channel: Security Shit Show
Date: 2022-07-08

what does giving a shit have to do with the success and stability of your security program?

There was a time when people took a sense of ownership and healthy pride in doing quality work, in being accountable for their decisions and actions, in ensuring that they left things better then they found them, even if that meant a personal sacrifice or as I like to call it the give a shit factor.
Seemingly in our industry and to a larger degree in our global society, no one seems to give a shit about anything, this is not to say that people are not outraged and claiming they care while making a lot of noise, while looking for people to blame and ways to duck out on accountability for the mountain of issues they themselves helped create.

Giving a shit and caring about issues are completely different things.
Giving a shit means stepping up and doing the hard work, risking personal gain for the greater good doing what is right because it is right, not because it is popular or easy or leads to a financial windfall. It means taking a supporting role, leading with help and compassion but most importantly it means feeling the weight and taking action to help AKA DO SOMETHING about it and do it now.
We seems as an industry and society to have forgotten the only path to the lasting win is through accountability, hard work, perseverance and cooperation in pursuit of a common goal. Putting our differences aside to focus on what we have in common.
Failure of us as an industry, and society to give a shit will result in disaster for us all. We seem to think our actions, or lack of actions have no impact on the global stage. Unfortunately, that is just not true. Your decision to not give a shit but instead tweet about how someone should do something is contributing to no one doing anything. 
I believe this is due to the psychological theory called the Bystander effect or bystander apathy, simply put with all the people who know this is happening someone must be doing something so I don’t need to give a shit.
The theory tells us that:
If a single individual is asked to complete the task alone, the sense of responsibility will be strong, and there will be a positive response; however, if a group is required to complete the task together, each individual in the group will have a weak sense of responsibility and will often shrink back in the face of difficulties or responsibilities. 
This is so well know of a issue that some countries have laws in place to hold people accountable if they fail to give a shit and at least take enough action to get the appropriate people involved who can address the situation. Aka calling 911 / emergency services vs posting the tragedy to social media.

We need to take a hard look at ourselves, in our industry 46% of those who do give a shit are burring out and as a society our failure to give a shit could bring about the end of our democracy as we know it.
This and more tonight on the Security Shit Show.