A Bloke in a Pub

Tag: Hype

  • Shared Values

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    Peter Fagan
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    Basics First off, a couple of facts: Sixty percent (60%) of small businesses go bust within 6 months of having a breach. Er… false. The originator of this alleged statistic (the National Cyber Security Alliance) put out that claim as part of an infographic, about fifteen years ago, then took it down when they realised…

  • Tall Tales and Long Tails

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    Peter Fagan
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    Keeping the Business Fed Mark Neocleous, in his book “Critique of Security” (brilliant book, by the way), points out a couple of things relating directly to the business of cyber. Chief amongst them is the idea that once you’ve set up an industry to sell people the concept of security, the last thing you should…

  • Lucky Socks

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    Peter Fagan
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    Superstitious Learning We all have a pair of lucky socks. Or something similar. The new socks that we wore when that interview went absolutely perfectly. On occasion, they may have let you down, but they’re still your lucky socks. What’s happened here is that on one occasion, an isolated event (choosing to wear a new…

  • Evidence and the case for cyber doom

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    Peter Fagan
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    I was told not that long ago, that taking an evidence-based approach to cybersecurity was not possible, because there was no evidence to be had. I disagree. There’s plenty of evidence available. What’s missing is the will to look for it. Tall Tales and Long Tails