sองbอซฬดฦธฬดgอฌแต@subm3rge@infosec.exchange
One fantastic privilige Iโve had in my career, is how everyone I was ever tasked with providing #security for, was morally deserving of it in a to me non-convoluted and ethically clear way.
One can argue about the finance industry, and I suppose defense as well, but given the specifics of what I worked for there, it was The Good Fight.
But now, with fascism and authoritarianism on the rise, I wonder if it will be as easy for my guild colleagues to find a righteous path.
Working for Meta, Musk, Microsoft, Google et.al, not to mention any data analytics firms, it seems so evil. Morally bankrupt people, using the excuse of avoiding personal fiscal bankruptcy.
Working for the govt in any country where fascism has taken hold, same thing - reprehensible at best, crime against humanity most likely.
But thatโs where the security jobs will be, because those are the only ones that will be allowed to have any security - everyone else will have it stripped away by law and by force.
#Privacy, #integrity, #safety - it will be ripped away, and sadly I fear it will be my #infosec guildies who will help design the tools and the trappings for the job.
There will be some engineer designing the new age control mechanisms, just as there are cadres of stormtroopers at the aforementioned places already having built Evil Things.
What happens when the only ones who can demand security, arenโt deserving of it? What will a #CISO do then?
Or rather, what will those who stay do? I wonโt have to.