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Security will always be cat and mouse, but in the case of information security a good offense does not at all make for a good defense. Those holes in our infor
by Zikes 12y ago
Security will always be cat and mouse, but in the case of information security a good offense does not at all make for a good defense. Those holes in our information security system will still be there, to be exploited by whomever finds them. The only reasonable course of action is to devote resources to penetration testing ourselves and implementing strong security standards, along with developing good disaster recovery and damage minimizing plans.
- Kalium 12y agoWhether or not offense makes for defense depends somewhat on the actor. For some, deterrence does work. For the rest, we have the basic problem that defense is much harder than offense. Also, the US seems to be far more vulnerable than most. Those aside, offensive capabilities are needed. It's just a question of balancing them against defensive capabilities. I know firsthand that significant effort is going into defense, it just doesn't get the press that offensive capabilities do.
- Zikes 12y agoTheir desire for a government accessible backdoor in everything consumers own says something different.
- Kalium 12y agoYes, some of the top-level political efforts are pretty damn ugly... and likely to backfire. Those shouldn't be mistaken for the whole of ongoing defensive efforts, though. Many of the others are much more practical.