> Fires become bigger and bigger the more fuel they accumulate. Security vulnerabilities lack this attribute. Security vulnerabilities do have that property: i

> Fires become bigger and bigger the more fuel they accumulate. Security vulnerabilities lack this attribute. Security vulnerabilities do have that property: if you find that buffer overflow, you can usually get an RCE, which will let you get root, which will let you compromise the network that the box is on, which will let you find additional vulnerabilities (human or otherwise) to compromise other systems. That's why competent security teams practice defense in depth, and have internal trip-wires and firewalls to limit the damage of any intrusion. That doesn't absolve you from trying to stop the intrusion in the first place. Similarly, getting PG&E to maintain their equipment is not mutually exclusive with other fire mitigation strategies like controlled burns, defensible space, homeowner education, etc. If anything it'll free up resources for those interventions by switching fire departments out of, well, firefighting mode and giving them some breathing space to focus on more long-term practices.