Dan Geer on "Cybersecurity and National Policy"
Those with either an engineering or management background are aware that one cannot optimize everything at once that requirements are balanced by constraints. I am not aware of another domain where this is as true as it is in cybersecurity and the question of a policy response to cyber insecurity at the national level. In engineering, this is said as “Fast, Cheap, Reliable: Choose Two.” In the public policy arena, we must first remember the definition of a free country: a place where that which is not forbidden is permitted. As we consider the pursuit of cybersecurity, we will return to that idea time and time again; I believe that we are now faced with “Freedom, Security, Convenience: Choose Two.”
shadowfirebird • November 2, 2010 6:20 AM
Okay, maybe it’s too early in the morning, but I’m not seeing it.
The obvious two sides of the triangle to pick are “freedom” and “security”. How will sacrificing convenience help to get those?
I mean, it sounds suspiciously like the arguments in favour of security theatre: “yes, I know it’s inconvenient to go on the plane stark naked and have your luggage vaporised, but that’s just the price we pay for freedom and security.”