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Redspin
Company blog · redspin.com/blogsecuritybusiness
Redspin is the company blog at redspin.com, writing about security and business. Since 2010, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
Redspin's post draws lessons from the BP oil spill for risk management and regulatory oversight. The commenter summarises two points: implement and test layered controls for known risks, and don't ignore low-risk vulnerabilities.
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What Hacker News says?
Here is a related interesting article on what any industry can learn from this incident in regards to risk management and regulatory oversight. Two pointers: 1) Ensure layers of controls are implemented and tested for known risks. 2) Do not underestimate or ignore the low risk vulnerabilities. It does not take many in aggregate to result in catastrophe. http://www.redspin.com/blog/2011/01/07/lessons-learned-from-...
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