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Shecky - Third Wheel Jul 18, 2023

Us defenders have more advasaries than you realize.

We fight the penny pinching denying us tools/people needed to defend better

We fight the security companies that lock the basics of what we need behind out of reach prices

We fight our own companies other teams that do not want to change to be more secure

We fight ideas and processes that do not adjust to the times and techniques

Of and we fight the criminals who are trying to cause havoc in the first place.

It should be no surprise we burn out, especially when everyone just expects defenders to be magicians. We are humans, and would like people to know that.

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pyska

@siliconshecky Just because defenders have an important and necessary job, does not mean it will always have the required funding to function properly. Defenders are people first. But give a person the job of a team, and even if you do have a magician you'll quickly burn his candle out.

So don't overwork yourselves more than you need to. Accept that, if security is not seen as a favorable investment where you work, you will sometimes be set up for failure. That's not a failure on your part, as a defender.

Edit: typo