Profit over Secuirty
My experience working with many high street retailers is that security gets in the way of profit and other ‘cool’ retail innovations. Tills, often using Windows XP unpatched since day they were installed, open to the internet and no AV. The same simple generic passwords used across branches because it’s easier when training the here today gone tomorrow staff. The industry is shockingly awful at security and the PCI standards are blatantly ignored – what’s worst, the same said companies have passed the PCI audit. And me, well I’m just blue in the face.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
