But there is another number that perhaps best describes the lack of resources in the system before everything went wrong: three.

That’s how many IT security staff there were for the entire provincial health system, according to a post-attack report by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.

Cybersecurity (and IT in general) represents a trap for shortsighted managers. As long as nothing goes wrong, which can go on for quite a long time with some luck, cuts to this department look like savings on the balance sheet with little downside. It’s only when something goes catastrophically wrong where the true costs of those cuts manifest.

That article is definitely not a Neutral Point of View!

About 80% savage, that one, and almost as scathing as required. People need to be answering hard questions about this one for years.