Too Much Mercy

When Jesus Christ walked the earth he was said to have mastered every virtue. He was perfect in his mercy, but also in his justice. He was able to juggle these two contradictory virtues because he understood that every situation was different and contained different variables. When the exercise of pure justice was deserved, Christ knew it and acted accordingly. Likewise when someone deserved mercy in their circumstance, mercy was applied.

In the world of computers and information too much mercy is extended to those guilty of cracking and stealing sensitive data. Company executives are too afraid of what the news might do to their stock. In situations such as these, the executives bring the blame upon themselves and they should be persecuted. Because of their actions those who are in a position to steal or destroy the data continue to do it with out consequence. They need to learn to be more Christ-like and be honest to their stock holders. While doing this they need to seek out law officials to bring those guilty to justice. If they would all do this there would be a lot less attacks.

Network Stumbler

Ruth and I were given the coordinates of 2nd South where it meets the Gateway mall. The laptop we used had a very short wireless range and so our results were few compared to other classmates assigned to the Gateway. Network Stumbler found 15 wireless networks in range, of which 5 were open/unsecure.

It’s interesting to me to find out that 5 out of 15 of the businesses we sampled (that’s 33%) had no security on their wireless routers. A good number of these are very likely connected to computers with sensitive customer information on them. They’re just making it that much easier for a cracker to steal sensitive information from them.

I was also thinking how unless it’s meant to be a public wifi access point, these unsecured wireless networks are absolutely not be run by anyone that knows the first thing about information security. It’s very basic knowledge that, especially in places of business, you should protect your sensitive data with secure connections. I think the more businesses are forced to adopt information technologies the more emphasis there will be on information security. So in the near future I would guess that the percentage of unsecured wireless networks in places of businesses will drop significantly.