Category: Security Myths
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Why We Are Not Able To Secure
The Open House Problem Why are we not able to secure? Because we open everything…and then ask people to be careful. It is like opening all the doors of a house and telling everyone inside: be alert. We call this awareness. Awareness of what? Of a problem we created by design? “You don’t warn people…
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Security Is Not The Goal
We Have Forgotten The Real Problem Sometimes I think we have become too obsessed with Security. Not because security is bad, not because security is not important, but because security was never supposed to be the goal. The goal is food, the goal is healthcare, the goal is energy, the goal is meaningful jobs, the…
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Complexity Is the Enemy of Security
The Wrong Perception of sophistication Every generation of engineers falls for the same trap, believing that complexity equals strength. It doesn’t. Complexity is fragility disguised as innovation. It’s the art of building systems that no one can understand, troubleshoot, or defend. The beauty of the most effective securing techniques is in their simplicity, not in…
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Can Security Make Money?
One of the most common misconceptions I see among business leaders is the belief that security is nothing more than a necessary expense, a cost center that exists solely to consume budget, slow projects down, create additional processes, and occasionally tell people what they cannot do. In many organizations, security is viewed the same way…