Technology Companies Must Incorporate Security Engineers

All technology developing companies must incorporate security engineers before bringing new products to market. Anything less is just plain irresponsible and greedy. It pains me to criticize my fellow technology brethrens, but privacy theft has to be stopped.

If you have not heard, now computers with webcams are being used to spy on their users. The school in Pennsylvania is one of the newest publicized incident but many individuals are finding their video conference calls on the internet without their permission. In a recent security newsletter article, the same old precautions are being made: Anti-virus software, firewalls, secure wireless connections and being careful about opening email attachments. The only new suggestion made to prevent webcam intrusion was to put a piece of tape over the lens. Wow, big whoop.

With computers, operating systems, networks, email, websites, social networks, smart phones, and the list goes on all being used to invade our private data we may have been better off without the microchip.  It’s troubling when great products like Apple’s iPhone and iPad are being band from companies because of security risks. Convenience is no substitute for insecurity.

Business owners who use technology to reduce their costs are being attacked by government legislations to safeguard private data as well as hackers. Maybe it’s time technology companies take some of the heat for the holes they have in their products. Technology companies who ignore security are giving all the tools to the hackers and all the risks to their customers. Who do these tech companies really care about?