Friday, February 10, 2017
GoDaddy Malfunction as the new scapegoat
GoDaddy Malfunction as the new scapegoat
Weve been hearing about computer glitch for a while. Thats what the talking heads on the news always cite when something goes awry with a computer system. Perhaps malfunction is the new scapegoat? Thats the route GoDaddy is taking. They say it was a malfunction, not hacking, that took them and presumably hundreds of thousands (millions?) of other systems offline for hours yesterday.
Im sure it had nothing to do with poor planning...or people making bad choices. Thatd be too simple...and too responsible. Its easier to blame computer problems on the obscure - something that cant be understood - much less proven - by the general population, even forensics analysts.
Calling a network outage a malfunction is similar to how legal counsel encourage executives to refer to security breaches as events. In the end, a business continuity problem is a business continuity problem. Its your responsibility.
Stuffs going to happen. You just have to ask yourself what needs to be done to minimize the impact to your business. Dont wait until the you know what hits the fan to try to figure it out. Heres some material Ive written that can help you get started down this path.
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