They all have small armies of IT personnel to watch over their firewalls 24/7.
No, they don't. They aren't going to pay someone to effectively sit there and stare at a screen. Almost every single company has their servers running 24/7. The IT department for the company which I work for does not have our IT staff or anyone else watching our firewall traffic.
That's hard to believe, they all pay small armies of security guards to watch over their buildings 24/7 and they all don't do that for their servers?
Yes, it's true and again your security analogy is false. That is only true for a few select companies which can afford it. What's the point of having a firewall if you have to continuously monitor it?
Don't create issues where there is none! Just get on with life!
Why hire a security guard if you already have a gate?
Well, just ask site owners (here and elsewhere) whether a webmaster is practical necessity for a number of reasons including security, in addition to having a firewall.Don't create issues where there is none! Just get on with life!
Security guards get minimum wages, IT pros not so much.
Banks and governments (the original context) still pay IT pros to man their networks 24/7
manning networks 24/7 is different (ISP's, Amazon, Hospitals, Police, Fire. Netflix etc etc all do the same). However a lot of equipment can be dynamically added and replaced without switching off the network e.g blade servers and the like.Banks and governments (the original context) still pay IT pros to man their networks 24/7
I once chatted with a self-proclaimed hacker, an average website is like jumping through 1 or 2 hoops, government is 7 hoops
