I’ve tried asking this query elsewhere and obtained roundly dissed and blown off by OM, so I am escalating this for visibility. He is not prepared to supply a solution, so I am hopeful that somebody will deal squarely with me and reply my inquiries.

v6, their present model, is what we would like, not 5. 5 was launched in 2013 and obtained sunsetted final month.

Furthermore, please do not dismiss me; it is insulting and unprofessional. I’ll maintain bringing it up as a result of I am not getting responses to my query apart from “we’ll get proper on that”, delivered with sarcasm by Henzilla once I requested about updates, or the dismissive response you simply served up. In case you are not prepared to answer the membership’s questions, possibly being a part of membership management is not for you. You, as a part of management, are accountable to the membership and it’s anticipated that you’ll deal earnestly with member questions and feedback. This publish doesn’t meet that normal of respect and obligation to the membership for my part. As I used to be frequently reminded whereas serving the membership “officers work for the members, not the opposite manner round”.

I began by questioning why we do not have a like button, however some investigation reveals that we aren’t on essentially the most safe model of our discussion board software program. It is nearly 7 years since v4.2.5 model was discontinued by vB. For these not following alongside, that signifies that we doubtless have not had a safety patch since then, at the newest. Would you belief your financial institution to be sitting on safety they put in place again then?

I am a membership member and an IT skilled. IT safety means retaining software program updated and making use of all patches must be our normal course of. We’re on a model that was EOL’d in 2017. Is that good IT hygiene? No. It isn’t. Is there a two issue authentication choice to guard my credentials and stop them from being poached? No, there’s not. Do we’ve Okta integration like different boards I am on? No we do not.

If there have been a breach, these gaps can be what torpedoes us and exposes us to extremely avoidable lawsuits. Now we have not performed due diligence to guard member information, so far as I can see, so we can be discovered accountable in any authorized motion ensuing from a knowledge breach or loss. I hope I am improper, however I imagine that I’m not, having seen our situation play out for the more severe with a few of my purchasers. Should you wind up in courtroom and the plaintiff factors out that the group is utilizing a software program product that is ten years old-fashioned and has identified safety gaps, we can be held accountable for the members’ lack of privateness. It is not going to be low-cost when plaintiffs reveal that we knew we have been utilizing previous software program and did not remediate an apparent threat vector.

My largest concern is that 4.x is susceptible to code injection, which signifies that of us can acquire direct entry to the info tables on vB, amongst different objects, together with consumer credentialing and PII. I’ve supported different SQL based mostly net enabled merchandise which have been topic to this potential exploit, however not in nearly ten years as a result of everybody has shut the door on that kind of hack. Can we need to get ransomewared? As a result of that is how we get ransomewared. Can we need to expose our membership to identification theft? As a result of that is how we do this, too.

I work for an organization that responds to information breaches and you do not need to show this group to even the tactical value of remediating this sort of occasion, a lot much less the litigation publicity. Each doc or report doubtlessly uncovered is often analyzed for PII manually, by a room stuffed with attorneys, and people who’ve had their PII uncovered get a discover that this has occurred. Is that monetary and reputational threat one thing we must be exposing this group to?

Do we’ve the cash to purchase each member a yr’s membership in LifeLock as soon as their information is breached? I anticipate that we should not have the monetary wherewithal to do this if we’ve a breach and it might destroy the membership if we’re not insured for such an prevalence. Civil litigation from information breaches is an actual factor. I work in that sphere the place IT and the legislation intersect.

So. Can I please get a responsive and informative reply to my query? I am not violating any discussion board guidelines and have been unfailingly well mannered. I anticipate a solution in form.

Right here it’s once more: Why have not we up to date our discussion board software program?

Be at liberty to escalate to one of many admins, presuming you are a mod, or somebody on the BoD, if acceptable, and I am completely satisfied to have a dialog through PMs if that is useful. As a paying member, I imagine I’ve a proper to a full and correct reply to my question.

Now we have a fiduciary duty to proactively shield the info our members entrust us with. I believe that as a part of that belief obligation, it is truthful to ask questions on how we deal with, handle and shield member information. Not getting a response feels such as you’re not responding in good religion to an easy and essential query.

I’ll maintain asking about this till we’re supplied a coherent, clear reply to why we’re up to now behind on updates. I apologize if that feels antagonistic, however blowing me off actually pisses me off once I ask an sincere, good religion query. I ought to, at minimal, be capable of anticipate a response in form. I’ve sat within the Large Seat and it was my obligation and obligation to reply in good religion to questions from the membership.

Thanks.

Dave

Dave Swider

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