While I agree with the premise and have often tried to discuss the need to look at the distribution of leisure that the technological revolution has brought upon us, the comparison to the horse is apt because :
> Best case: IT department spends $50,000 cleaning up; worst case: customer lists, customer credit cards, and other private data are compromised, costing millions of dollars.
Those millions of dollars are after the damn thing bolted and it's your own negligent fault for not doing a risk assessment and cutting corners on your IT system. As a no-doubt highly paid suit it's your responsibility to think of these things before they happen. It's not like it never happened to anyone else before.
> Best case: IT department spends $50,000 cleaning up; worst case: customer lists, customer credit cards, and other private data are compromised, costing millions of dollars.
Those millions of dollars are after the damn thing bolted and it's your own negligent fault for not doing a risk assessment and cutting corners on your IT system. As a no-doubt highly paid suit it's your responsibility to think of these things before they happen. It's not like it never happened to anyone else before.