A cyberattack that diverted ambulances from hospitals in East Texas on Thanksgiving Day is more widespread than previously known and has also forced hospitals in New Jersey, New Mexico and Oklahoma to reroute ambulances, hospital representatives told CNN on Monday.
It’s technical debt, is what it is. The more it grows, the more expensive it gets to get rid of. Once it’s insurmountable, you become a sitting duck for an attack as you’ve described.
I don’t know that any (current changes to) management can adequately address the scope of the issue. It will require funding. I can’t imagine some cases of this being fixable without literally doubling the workforce, or outright shutting down until a modernized system is up and running. I’ve worked some places. Ive seen some concerning shit.
I feel like every tech company needs their CTO to be pulling their C-weight. Every tech lead should be yanking on their CTOs balls/ovaries to spend the money or face the consequences. I feel like every CTO would sooner just jump ship and pull the golden ripcord instead.
There’s easily a change management can do. Place more focus and time on fixing said technical debt instead of “new features”. The problem is a lot of devs rather work on the new shiny than what needs to be done and management is always looking to get things out the door. You need someone willing to push back and make that decision to better allocate time. People like that do exist which is why you don’t see those companies in the news.
It’s technical debt, is what it is. The more it grows, the more expensive it gets to get rid of. Once it’s insurmountable, you become a sitting duck for an attack as you’ve described.
I don’t know that any (current changes to) management can adequately address the scope of the issue. It will require funding. I can’t imagine some cases of this being fixable without literally doubling the workforce, or outright shutting down until a modernized system is up and running. I’ve worked some places. Ive seen some concerning shit.
I feel like every tech company needs their CTO to be pulling their C-weight. Every tech lead should be yanking on their CTOs balls/ovaries to spend the money or face the consequences. I feel like every CTO would sooner just jump ship and pull the golden ripcord instead.
It’s… A mess.
There’s easily a change management can do. Place more focus and time on fixing said technical debt instead of “new features”. The problem is a lot of devs rather work on the new shiny than what needs to be done and management is always looking to get things out the door. You need someone willing to push back and make that decision to better allocate time. People like that do exist which is why you don’t see those companies in the news.