If only the media was quick to blame them for cyberattacks that happen under their watch, too. Then they might finally start to care. But because corporate media has such a tight relationship with all the Washington insiders, that never really happens.
One good example from recent times of how well this type of "incentive" works is Google and Stagefright. The media went nuts over Stagefright affecting virtually all Android devices - and for good reason, too.
Since then Google seems to be taking Android security way more seriously, and there have been a lot of serious security improvements in Android (7.0) over the past year.
But these sort of actions seem to happen in slow motion, if at all, when there isn't a hacking/malware catastrophe for which the companies can get blamed in the press.
The NSA pushed hard for new surveillance laws such as CISA with the promise that it's what they need to keep us safe against cyberattacks. So why isn't every single media entity blaming the NSA over every major new data breach that happened since then?
One good example from recent times of how well this type of "incentive" works is Google and Stagefright. The media went nuts over Stagefright affecting virtually all Android devices - and for good reason, too.
Since then Google seems to be taking Android security way more seriously, and there have been a lot of serious security improvements in Android (7.0) over the past year.
But these sort of actions seem to happen in slow motion, if at all, when there isn't a hacking/malware catastrophe for which the companies can get blamed in the press.
The NSA pushed hard for new surveillance laws such as CISA with the promise that it's what they need to keep us safe against cyberattacks. So why isn't every single media entity blaming the NSA over every major new data breach that happened since then?