Dave Sobel is host of the podcast The Business of Tech and co-host of the podcast Killing IT. In addition, he wrote Virtualization: Defined. Sobel is regarded as a leading expert in the delivery of technology services, with broad experience in both technology and business.
In this video, Sobel asserts that the bulk of security risks are placed on IT services providers. It’s a trend that firms must push back on, he says — namely by requiring vendor partners to put more skin in the game.
Transcript follows below.
Dave Sobel: ‘Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.’ This often misattributed quote is on my mind a lot of late, not because I’m trying to figure out its origin — it’s not Einstein — but because I have been thinking about what to do differently to address security for small and midsized clients.
It’s not news that there are breaches or that there is a problem. I’ve been covering it so much I feel like listeners must be just tired of hearing about incident after incident. It’s not news that things are broken. So, how do we change things?
It’s clear that the incentive system here is entirely broken. Humans generally…
