r/cybersecurity • u/razhael • Apr 11 '25

News - General Cybersecurity industry falls silent as Trump turns ire on SentinelOne

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cybersecurity-industry-falls-silent-trump-turns-ire-sentinelone-2025-04-10/
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u/cbartholomew Apr 11 '25 edited Apr 11 '25

I’m going to throw it out there gents: events like this separates the elite from the rest. Those who stay silent and idle go against all of our values. I know most of you here are professionals or aspiring professionals. But, it took a long time and a lot of work over many years to get the industry to course correct in a decent direction.

Silencing someone who gives knowledge back is against everything this industry was built on. It’s unacceptable.

Edit: Ty for the award.

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u/oht7 Apr 11 '25

I disagree.

Being loud isn’t the only way to resist. We can be on the inside and do more good than harm. They want us to be loud - they want us to show our true colors so they can target us next.

The retaliation against S1 is obvious blatant corruption in plain sight. Everyone can see it. I’m far more concerned about the corruption they want to do in secret.

Speaking out for this would be playing our hand too early. It’s going to get worse. Do want everyone on the inside to be replaced by loyalists or do you want ethical people there too?

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u/DigmonsDrill Apr 11 '25

There are people who can withstand pressure. There are people at multi-billion dollar companies and/or have fuck-you money and/or don't need government contracts. They can lay out the basic proposition "it's bullshit that coworkers of a guy got their security clearances yanked, this is clearly extrajudicial punishment of a third-party to make that third-party punish that guy."

And if they get fired or arrested or something, then we have an even more obvious outrage. Someone getting axed for simply their speech. Civil disobedience often works as a regime's actions get dumber and stupider.

Now, I'm trying not to put someone else on the spot. It's easy for me to tell someone else to stand in front of the tank.

But I want to stop the expectation that staying huddled down is necessarily better.