Comments on: I’m getting cynical with age http://infosecplace.com/blog/2006/12/19/im-getting-cynical-with-age/ Commentary on the State of Information Security Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:13:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SamVR http://infosecplace.com/blog/2006/12/19/im-getting-cynical-with-age/comment-page-1/#comment-4793 SamVR Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:53:58 +0000 http://infosecplace.com/blog/2006/12/19/im-getting-cynical-with-age/#comment-4793 "data leakage"? Whatever happened to "extrusion prevention"? :-) “data leakage”? Whatever happened to “extrusion prevention”? :-)

]]> By: Alex http://infosecplace.com/blog/2006/12/19/im-getting-cynical-with-age/comment-page-1/#comment-4785 Alex Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:43:03 +0000 http://infosecplace.com/blog/2006/12/19/im-getting-cynical-with-age/#comment-4785 Maybe a better question is why do you view your own skepticism in such a poor light? Skepticism, esp. about Security and FUD, is only good IMHO. I've been through the same thing - wondering if "data leakage" prevention devices were really a revolutionary new technology or just hype (after all, this data's been flowing for years now, how many incidents can this investment really be stopping), if the investment for encryption at rest is really worth it, etc... At the end of the day, it took really understanding risk reduction for me to get centered. I went from "protect everything with every dollar available" to "we haven't been bit yet, chances are I'm not going to be the first to get hit, so I'll just wait for the technology to mature". Maybe a better question is why do you view your own skepticism in such a poor light?

Skepticism, esp. about Security and FUD, is only good IMHO. I’ve been through the same thing – wondering if “data leakage” prevention devices were really a revolutionary new technology or just hype (after all, this data’s been flowing for years now, how many incidents can this investment really be stopping), if the investment for encryption at rest is really worth it, etc…

At the end of the day, it took really understanding risk reduction for me to get centered. I went from “protect everything with every dollar available” to “we haven’t been bit yet, chances are I’m not going to be the first to get hit, so I’ll just wait for the technology to mature”.

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