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The other security industry. Not IT security.
by netman21 9y ago
The other security industry. Not IT security.
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoAnd not "securities" (i.e., financial instruments), which is what I thought from the headline.
- dokument 9y agoThe first step to IT security is physical security.
- kmicklas 9y agoAnd when all your physical security tools are electronic the first step to physical security is IT security :)
- TeMPOraL 9y agoIt generalizes to national security as well. https://xkcd.com/898/ https://xkcd.com/898/
- flukus 9y agoAlso the last step, you can't defend against physical access, the best you can do is make data unreadable to anyone unauthorized.
- ryanlol 9y agoSince when does the lack of perfect defenses render something indefensible?
- jpatokal 9y agoIs there any reason to believe publicly funded IT security R&D is any better? See eg. Palantir.
- eru 9y agoProbably not. But the article doesn't seem to be about them.