So Much Protection, So Little Security
April 30, 2019
I receive emails from cyber security firms. The messages flow from Carbon Black, Recorded Future, DarkOwl, FireEye, IntSights, and others. an outfit named BrightTalk besieges me with announcements about cyber security webinars. The flood of information explains that cyber security tools are available, work, and are easy to use. I am not sure I have much confidence in these assurances.
In the midst of this wealth of security options, I find that article like “Unknown US Security Breach Exposes Data of 80 Million Households” suggest a problem exists. The write up states:
The breach was discovered by ‘hacktivists’ Noam Rotem and Ran Locar and highlighted by specialists at vpnMentor. They claim it is part of a 24GB trove of information that had been stored on an unprotected Microsoft Azure cloud server.
My thought for the day:
Marketing may exceed capabilities…at least for administrators of the Microsoft Azure cloud service.
And here’s a question:
Maybe security is a flight of fancy?
Stephen E Arnold, April 30, 2019
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