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The Security Industry Is Failing Miserably At Fixing Underlying Dangers

cgriffin21 writes: The security industry is adding layers of defensive technologies to protect systems rather than addressing the most substantial, underlying problems that sustain a sprawling cybercrime syndicate, according to an industry luminary who painted a bleak picture of the future of information security at a conference of hundreds of incident responders in Boston Tuesday. Eugene Spafford, a noted computer security expert and professor of computer science at Purdue University, said software makers continue to churn out products riddled with vulnerabilities, creating an incessant patching cycle for IT administrators that siphons resources from more critical areas.

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  1. "an industry luminary" by Skylinux · · Score: 0, Troll

    Another "expert" with an opinion but no solid solution.
    Sorry but I just ran out of fucks to give.

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