Here's where geeks have their fun. The geeks have got it right, at least in part. Organizations must keep up with the latest technology. A single system with outdated or poorly configured software can seriously compromise network security. Mounting good technology onto an old, crackable system exposes the expensive, new technology to easy intrusion.
Security is a continuous initiative involving everyone in an organization, from top to bottom.
Security should be viewed as a state of mind that must be engineered into a physical system. Automobiles didn't really get safer until safety was made a goal and engineered into them. The same holds true for networks. Until security is engineered into them, as a management goal and process, they'll be prone to intrusion. McBride's expertise ranges from IT strategy and organizational design to enterprise systems management and IT security.