Fox-IT is THE leading security firm in The Netherlands.
I tend to find it disappointing to see a security company use google analytics on their site and leak their visitor information to a big data third party.
But it is not that simple. I don't consider that very likely, that you actually find that 'right' company. (and putting faith in a third party to audit your code/company, brings other risks too). And chances are that some issues will be overlooked but not by that 'weird' guy/girl in the attic that has all the time of the world to security probe you 'for free'.
And there will always be a part you can't audit properly, your employees, which often is the origin of a hack, disgruntled employees. Or even worse, a disgruntled employee of the security company that just audited you.
And keep in mind, with enough power, you can get anything offline or in a non acceptable state (half working, data compromise etc). So security companies can only help you a certain length, nonetheless it can be very helpful to have a person from outside look at things with 'fresh eyes' and see things you have overlooked for so long because you are right in the middle of it all.
Without getting into semantics, the general public is often left with experts' advice which makes them feel incompetent and/or scared. I guess you could blame journalism, but I don't know if you can expect them to be the whole bridge between both (that's another philosophical discussion anyway).
My beef with these 'security experts from Fox-IT say...'-pieces is they don't provide proper context. Something like technology is complex, security is complex, it is hard or impossible to know everything, to know future risks,... you get the picture. I really like it when people acknowledge they don't know everything and in this case specifically because the opposite, I think, has a very negative effect on the general public.
"Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox" (thewaltdisneycompany.com) 533 points by mxfh 23 hours ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15921692
Fox-IT is unrelated to Fox, so it's not the internal IT department of Fox. Fox-IT seems to be a company from Netherland.
@downvoters: what's your problem? I wasted 5min reading the news, until I found out that it's a minor known company, and not related to "Fox". And then I inform others on HN, but then I get downvotes, yeah right - toxic
- You comment this on a comment that already describes exactly what Fox-IT is.
- You imply that anything that happens on another continent than yours is time "wasted".
- Which in turn implies that all HN readers should be from the same continent that you are from.
- There are many other companies with a name that contains Fox (pdf reader, apparel), this stuff happens.
- You ask downvoters what their problem is. Which, from my experience is a very good way to get more downvotes.
- The name of the country is the Netherlands, not Netherland.
I disagree. I'm Dutch[0], and I find it stupid that English speakers always pluralise our country. We've been a unified country for quite some time now. Netherland is fine.
[0] Yeah, "Dutch" is another one of those weird things that English inflicts on us. Why?
But "Netherland" is not an English word, and is likely to lead to a double-take in conversation, if not outright confusion.
English, like all languages, retains a lot of legacy for a very good reason. Some changes are inevitable, but maintaining continuity is very useful in keeping the language readable in the future.
As for the label "dutch", what do you propose for a substitute?
It's not a word, it's the name of a country. Peking got changed to Beijing because it as more accurate, right? This is the same thing.
Look at your passport or ID card: It says "Koninkrijk Der Nederlanden" not "Koninkrijk der Nederland".
The Netherlands ( English, plural ) Niederlande ( German, plural ) Les Pays Bas ( French, plural )
The Netherlands -> "The low lands" -> Plural
edit: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlanden ( plural, it was a republic once )
Singular is fine.