Cloud Computing: What Burglars Can Teach Us about Network Security
February 1, 2015
Grazed from TechCocktail. Author: Santosh Satya.
A little more than a decade ago, three famous paintings were on display at the Whitworth Gallery, an art museum in Manchester, England. Since the works of Gauguin, Picasso, and Van Gogh were valued at about $8 million, they were heavily protected by security guards and electronic systems. Guards patrolled the gallery. Alarms were set in place. And closed-circuit television scanned the paintings.
Still, none of this was enough. Burglars broke into the Whitworth Gallery in late April, 2003 and stole the three paintings. A few days later, the expensive masterpieces were found in a public restroom near the art museum. A note attached to the masterpieces dismissed the episode as a caper designed to test the woeful security measures. This bold art burglary is a lesson for network administrators who guard information systems…
The Lesson
What does a brilliantly executed burglary have to do with network security? It illustrates a powerful principle of security: no matter how carefully planned a security system might be, there is always the possibility that there is someone who has the time, patience, knowledge, skills, tools, and predisposition to wreck it…
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