More Competence Porn

Since 2004 or so, I’ve done a column over at SearchSecurity [ss] which started out as me doing a point/counterpoint with Bruce Schneier and ended with me interviewing interesting people from all over the field. I’m stopping doing the column, finally, this fall, due to “internet security fatigue” triggered by decades of saying the same thing.

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Complexity

Computer systems have grown so complex and interconnected that it’s very difficult to identify a failure; back when I started things were simpler and were not as virtualized as they are, now.

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