Sunday Security Maxim →
Excerpt From: “Roger Johnston. Security Sound Bites: Important Ideas About Security From Smart-Ass, Dumb-Ass, and Kick-Ass Quotations.”
Saturday Security Maxim →
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet, 1:3”
Excerpt From: “Roger Johnston. Security Sound Bites: Important Ideas About Security From Smart-Ass, Dumb-Ass, and Kick-Ass Quotations.”
Sunday Security Maxim →
means is, of course, living in a state of sin. John von Neumann (1903-1957)
Excerpt From: Roger Johnston. “Security Sound Bites: Important Ideas
About Security From Smart-Ass, Dumb-Ass, and Kick-Ass Quotations
Saturday Security Maxim →
One of the most singular characteristics of the art of deciphering is the strong conviction possessed by every person, even moderately acquainted with it, that he is able to construct a cipher which nobody else can decipher. I have also observed that the cleverer the person, the more intimate is his conviction. In my earliest study of the subject, I shared in this belief, and maintained it for many years. - Charles Babbage (1791-1871), Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Sunday Security Maxim →
If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked. -- Richard Clarke, White House Cybersecurity Advisor
Excerpt From: “Security Sound Bites: Important Ideas About Security From Smart-Ass, Dumb-Ass, and Kick-Ass Quotations.” Roger Johnston.
Saturday Security Maxim →
“On two occasions I have been asked by members of Parliament, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.”
Excerpt From: “Security Sound Bites: Important Ideas About Security From Smart-Ass, Dumb-Ass, and Kick-Ass Quotations.” Roger Johnston.
Sunday Security Maxim
Hawkin’s Law: Progress does not consist of replacing a theory that is wrong with one that is right. It consists of replacing a theory that is wrong with one that is more subtly wrong. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Saturday Security Maxim
Clarke's First Law: When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Sunday Security Maxim
Putt’s Law: Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Saturday Security Maxim
Ginsberg’s Laws from the beat poet Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997):
The First Law of Thermodynamics: "You can't win."
The Second Law of Thermodynamics: "You can't break even." The Third Law of Thermodynamics: "You can't quit." Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
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Sunday Security Maxim
Byrne’s Law: In any electrical circuit, appliances and wiring will burn out to protect the fuses. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Homage to Groucho
Saturday Security Maxim
Shaw’s Law: Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Sunday Security Maxim
Firestone’s Law: Chicken Little only has to be right once. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Saturday Security Maxim
Gold’s Law: If the shoe fits, it’s ugly. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Sunday Security Maxim
Glazer’s Law: If it says “one size fits all”, then it doesn’t fit anybody. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Saturday Security Maxim
Horngren’s Law: The Real World is a special case. Comment: Horngren was right (MxH). Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Sunday Security Maxim
Stewart’s Law: It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Saturday Security Maxim
Bucy’s Law: Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable person. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Sunday Security Maxim
Brien’s First Law: At some time in the life cycle of virtually every organization, its ability to succeed in spite of itself runs out. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
