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In theory, consumers and businesses could punish Symantec for these
oversights by contracting with other security vendors. In practice, there’s
no guarantee that products from other vendors are well-secured, either
— and there is no clearway to determine how secure a given security
product actually is.
Too many firms take an “appliance” or “product” (aka ‘technology”) approach to security. There’s a saying that’s been attributed to many security specialists over the years but is quite true:
If you think technology can solve your security problems,
then you don’t understand the problems and you don’t
understand the technology.
Its still true today. Continue reading Nobody wants to pay for security, including security companies