[171469] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: We hit half-million: The Cidr Report
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Thu May 1 12:39:02 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <53620D62.6090408@linx.net>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 09:41:07 -0700
To: john@linx.net
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On May 1, 2014, at 2:01 AM, John Souter <john@linx.net> wrote:
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>=20
> On 30/04/14 17:30, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
>> ...
>> Anybody got recommendations on how to make sure the company you =
engage
>> for the audit ends up sending you critters that actually have a clue? =
(Not
>> necessarily PCI, but in general)
>=20
> If more auditors (of whatever type) were put in the street when they
> annoy their customer or act irrationally, the world might become a
> better place.
The problem with this theory is that if auditors can be so easily put to =
the
street, you run into the risk of auditors altering behavior to increase =
customer
satisfaction in ways that prevent them from providing the controls that =
are the
reason auditors exist in the first place.
If you don=92t believe me, examine the history of Arthur Anderson and =
their
relationship with a certain Houston-based company which failed =
spectacularly.
Owen
