" Current Cybersecurity Best
Practices – a Clear and
Present Danger to Privacy
Not only is the effectiveness of current cybersecurity “best
practices” limited, but also they enable and encourage activities
inimical to privacy. Their root paradigm is a flawed reactive
one appropriately described as “penetrate and patch”.
Vigorous promotion encourages reliance on these flimsy best
practices as a primary defense for private information.
Furthermore, this paradigm is increasingly used to justify
needlessly intrusive monitoring and surveillance of private
information. But even worse in the long term, this misplaced
reliance stifles introduction of proven and mature technology
that can dramatically reduce the cyber risks to privacy."
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