Musings

As often is the case, I find myself musing about the state of computer security. Although there certainly is no easy answer to fixing our insecure systems, I’ve come across a wonderful analogy, thanks to a NOVA (US public television science) show: “Why Ships Sink." For ships at sea, as well as airplanes, the answer is often simple: human error is at least partially to blame. But nothing is as simple as it may first appear.