The Effect of Snake Oil Security 110
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timothy
from the homeopathic-snake-oil-is-better dept.
from the homeopathic-snake-oil-is-better dept.
Trailrunner7 writes "Threatpost has a guest column by Robert Hansen (aka Rsnake) about the long-term effects of snake-oil security products. 'I've talked about this a few times over the years during various presentations but I wanted to document it here as well. It's a concept that I've been wrestling with for 7+ years and I don't think I've made any headway in convincing anyone, beyond a few head nods. Bad security isn't just bad because it allows you to be exploited. It's also a long term cost center. But more interestingly, even the most worthless security tools can be proven to "work" if you look at the numbers.'"
Re:Nice article, nice story (Score:5, Funny)
I was disappointed that the bear-in-the-woods analogy involved neither shit nor the Pope, but it was insightful nonetheless.
Re:Nice article, nice story (Score:4, Funny)
Preved?
Re:Good, Bad and Ugly (Score:3, Funny)
We're thinking, we're thinking! FFS give us a break, we're only little.