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The Intricacies of Cybersecurity: A Detailed Discourse with Juhani Hintikka
- nonrandomstring 3y agoAlthough the linked article is a rather nebulous advert for a company, Juhani Hintikka names something important here, something we've been teaching for years; Cybersecurity is relational. Things like "zero trust" are actually complex technical ideas about protocols, and mainly about how machines talk to other machines. The phrase "zero trust" should never touch the ears of normies (especially managers). It is misheard and given a dangerous, counterproductive interpretation. In reality no business, organisation, society or even a simple romantic relationship can function without trust. Building verifiable and endlessly examinable trust relationships within organisations is therefore vital. To do so there must be common interest and a lack of opaque power. Organisations that contain secretive tyrannical elements are always the most vulnerable (although the tyrants who "lead" them believe the opposite).