Written by Daniel
Friday, 18 August 2006
Dark Reading looks at the security industry"
Firewalled
The Real Threat to the Security Industry
AUGUST 18, 2006 | 1:00 PM -- Security professionals spend their whole day trying to eliminate vulnerabilities, stop hackers, and lock down sensitive information. What if, one day, they actually succeeded? What if, by some miracle, they created a perfectly secure system?
Yep, that's right. They'd all be out of a job.
It's a harsh reality, but the fact is that every security pro's livelihood – indeed, the very growth of the security industry itself – depends on the threat increasing, not decreasing. The greater the danger, the more money allocated for security staff, technology, and pay raises. If the danger ever decreases, security will become less important, and those dollars will begin to go away.....
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