Everyone wants information security to be easy. Wouldn’t it be nice if it were simple enough to fit snugly inside a fortune cookie? Well, although I don’t try to promote such foolish nonsense, I do on occasion pass on readily digestible nuggets to reinforce security principles and get people thinking how security applies to their environment.
Common SenseI think the key to fortune cookie advice is ‘common sense’ in the context of security. It must be simple, succinct, and make sense to everyone, while conveying important security aspects. Here is my Fortune Cookie advice for June:
A perfect security program does not make your environment invincible! It would be astronomically too expensive. The ‘perfect’ security program achieves the optimal balance of spending, loss prevented, and acceptable losses (residual loss).Now if I can just figure out how to stuff these little cookies… Am I contributing to the problem of over simplifying security? Or am I reaching out to those who might not take an inordinate amount of time necessary to understand the complexities and nuances of our industry? You decide and feel free to share your knowledge-nuggets. Fortune Cookie Security Advice - May 2008
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