Your Favorite Security Technology is Dead

I grew up in Battle Creek, Michigan. The winters could get bone-chilling cold. Having a warm coat and a good set of thermals was essential. Nonetheless, you would have been nuts to walk out the door without your gloves and hat on as well. Wool socks and a scarf didn’t hurt either.

The way some organizations seem to be protecting their systems today is like sauntering out into the winter chill with their coat on but nothing else. Now, it might be a great coat, but it’s just not made to keep your hands toasty and your head warm. Ditto for firewalls and antivirus. Both are essential, but they were not designed to block exploits inside network traffic or recognize and block a fraudulent Web site. It doesn’t make much sense to curse your coat for a cold head and hands, nor should you spite your AV or firewall for not preventing every possible bad thing from happening to your systems.

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