Security Is Fucked

Dec 2024

Security is fucked. That's the truth.

It doesn’t matter what we do, how many "best" strategies we come up with, or even if we have unlimited resources at our disposal... We’re fucked. The bad guys will always win because, let’s face it, humans are bad at being secure, and they - the bad guys - know it, making them way better at this than we are. Of course, it helps when they are bound by literally no rules and can do whatever they want.

So... What to do... What to do...

Begin by making it harder for them. Focus on the essentials: Risk mitigation; have a plan for incidents and how to respond to them; keep data and identities safe. Essentially, the basics.

The rest... Well, the rest is one vulnerability at a time. Maybe...