As a hopeless techie, I was anxious to see the new cyber drama Mr. Robot. In one of the early scenes, a room full of young, energetic and capable information security analysts were busy working to keep their customers safe from hackers, and not without some challenges.

The reality in the business world today is somewhat different. While a number of enterprises do in fact have security analysts on the team, or use a provider as in the program, most businesses do not even have a dedicated staff member focused on information security. Some of those simply throw money at the problem with appliances and software, hoping that will solve the problem. Others assign an existing team member with the additional responsibility of handling security, but this person often already has a full-time job. For the smaller businesses, this may fall on the office manager/marketing coordinator/IT manager.

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