Consider the rapid growth of the computer industry in the last 10 years. Consider that most companies back then didn't even use computers and computers were only for the large corporations. Can we say that there has been a change? Absolutely. Not only has our quanity of computers and computer users risen by rediculous amounts, but the amount of people trying to exploit computers to make a quick buck also has. With a computer in every home and high-speed internet, how can we think that the issues haven't changed? Back in 1994, only a few people knew how to hack. Now, even kids in high-school know how to get around certin limitations of their school computers.

The bar for security has been raised significantly by ALL operating systems. They are more secure today than they have ever been before. The hackers also are more clever today then they have ever been before and in greater number, and with more resources. I see that there are three main problems that we face today.

1) Human error - We make mistakes

2) More risk with each new technology as the become the new standard.

3) Rapid systems growth - Technology develops and deploys faster than we can both learn about it and test it for holes.


We will never get rid of human error, but I am confident that with time, the other two will fade into the night along with bank holdups and jailbreaks. Why? I belive the future is in firewalls with AI and end-point monitoring. At this point, it won't matter if your system is full of holes. The only application that will matter is your firewall/AI config.

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