Internet Security Marketing: Buyer Beware

Veeshush · Apr 29, 2015

As security breaches increasingly make headlines, thousands of Internet security companies are chasing tens of billions of dollars in potential revenue. While we, the authors, are employees of Internet security companies and are happy for the opportunity to sell more products and services, we are alarmed at the kind of subversive untruths that vendor "spin doctors" are using to draw well-intentioned customers to their doors. Constructive criticism is sometimes necessarily harsh, and some might find the following just that, harsh. But we think it's important that organizations take a "buyers beware" approach to securing their business.
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http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150420_internet_security_marketing_buyer_beware/

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Nice Essay on Security Snake Oil
This is good:

Just as "data" is being sold as "intelligence", a lot of security technologies are being sold as "security solutions" rather than what they for the most part are, namely very narrow focused appliances that as a best case can be part of your broader security effort.
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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/04/nice_essay_on_s.html

It is good. Wanted to share with you guys.

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