Cybersecurity - Memes @lemmy.world cron @feddit.org 4mo ago

Security is a process

Quote taken from a 24 year old article by Bruce Schneier that is still relevant in today's world.

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"No BuT I BoUgHt NoRtOn ~~spyware~~ SeCuRiTy So Mr RoBot HaCkEr MaN CaNt HaCk Me"
- Please add kaspersky, symantec, zone alarm and trend micro to make sure you have ~~all the backdoors~~ 100% security.
  
  Will do, I'm gonna need to download more deditated wham, cause that's a lot of ~~spyware~~ security
  
  So the solution is to have all the Antivirus software at once more maximum security
Is summary execution of everyone who opens a phishing email a product or a service? Asking for a company.
Bruce Schneier my beloved
- Would you guess that this quote is from the early 2000s? This guy knew things decades before others.
  
  Microsoft also knows that real security is not cost-effective. They get whacked with a new security vulnerability several times a week. They fix the ones they can, write misleading press releases about the ones they can’t, and wait for the press fervor to die down (which it always does). And six months later, they issue the next software version with new features and all sorts of new insecurities, because users prefer cool features to security.
Security in nearly Ll forms is such a sliding scale of what ifs for literal safety, the appearance of Security (theater), and a whole lot of making sure you aren't liable.

This goes from militaries, Secret Service, police, cyber security, to guards and even kids guarding their favoritw toys lol.

The best part is that people somehow think that when it's organized it somehow takes out the human equation to all of it. Think about how often you fuck up, make small mistakes or are lazy on a daily basis. Now compound those by how many people you have doing it.

People are fallible. Just don't make stupid decisions when other people are pressuring you to make something easier at the cost of security and liability. You'll get away with it 99/100 times... But those people who get hit with that 1% are going to regret it.

On the plus side of being on the 99%. Less stress and pissed off clients, coworkers and bosses. Security work in almost all forms is a lose lose situation no matter how strict or loose you are with your job. Just try to do good and make sure you can sleep at night. It's usually better in the morning, and if not tomorrow, then soon.

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