JPMorgan Hires Cyberwarriors to Fend Off Data Thieves and Foreign Powers

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-19/jpmorgan-hires-cyberwarriors-to-repel-data-thieves-foreign-powers

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blueside• 11 years ago

and who are we hiring to defend us from JPMorgan?

The military orientation of JPMorgan’s security team leaders may incline them to see the involvement of governments and spies when companies face a range of threats, many motivated purely by profit, says Brendan Conlon, who spent 10 years in computer network operations with the NSA and now runs Vahna, a security firm in Washington. “It’s like groupthink,” he says.

Not only the cultural pre-inclination but also the political cover it gives to JPM to claim a nation-state bogeyman, instead of copping to having a flawed organization.

clogston• 11 years ago

I can't help but think these straight-laced, shirt & tie, crewcut environments aren't attractive to the type of diverse skillsets they really need.

strictnein• 11 years ago

I've been saying for years that there is a huge and growing market for a Blackwater style cyber firm.

There's only so much that JPMorgan can do legally, and I'm sure they're already into some gray areas.

JPMorgan Hires Cyberwarriors to Fend Off Data Thieves and Foreign Powers

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