![]() ![]() ![]() In the beginning, we fought attackers one at a time engaging in (virtual) hand-to-hand combat. ![]() Even with hundreds of billions of dollars spent on products that promise the ultimate in cyber defense, we remain by and large, completely vulnerable to attacks. Those “slings and arrows” of course refer to security products that are all bark and no bite. ![]() So, after suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune over the course of my career in infosec, I finally decided to take arms against the sea of troubles on one fine day in July, 2012. As time wore on, however, it seemed less and less like a joke. More often than not, it received a few chuckles and served as a means to ease the tension in a room full of clients that were fed up with inadequate products and solutions. In my last role, I jokingly informed clients that my true title wasn’t Global Chief Technology Officer it was actually Chief Apology Officer. It represents the eternal yearning and ultimate need in all of us: an answer to a chronic, persistent, and universal question about who we are and why we‘re here. We all know Adams’ use of the number 42 as the answer to this seven-million-year-old question is, of course, arbitrary. In Douglas Adams’ now iconic 1979 book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything boils down to one simple number: 42. ![]()
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