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Insurance and Prevention

Over on Spire Security Viewpoint they quote me from yesterday, “the future of Internet security is insurance.” Then they remark:
I don’t really get why people keep saying this about security. Sure, insurance is useful. But the implication is that it is okay to do less preventive stuff. I think insurance needs to be treated as a last resort.
Nope, that’s not the implication at all. Continue reading