Security in a Complex World
Security in a Complex World Innovation and complexity can co-exist; the key is to use innovation to make ever-expanding complexity comprehensible and its effects predictable. In 1999, security technologist Bruce Schneier published "A Plea for Simplicity." In the blog, he famously wrote, "You can't secure what you don't understand" and "the worst enemy of security is complexity." Schneier explained that analyzing a system's security becomes more difficult as its complexity increases. His goal was to convince the technology sector to "slow down, simplify, and try to add security." More than 20 ...
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