Re: Why Security testing is required

["Meritt James" <meritt_james () bah com>]

Please note that the thief is asked to break into the safes, not taking
your money, nor locking it away, nor hiding the key (from himself?).

Navaneetharangan wrote:
> Hi all,
> A couple of days after reading this post, I came across a very
> interesting definition for Security. The speaker actually said,
> "Security doesn't lie in  keeping your money in a fireproof safe,
> locking it and hiding the key in a far away island, but lies in making a
> few such safes, locking them and asking a thief to try and break it."
> This means that no security measure is complete without testing it
> thoroughly.
>
> Regards
> C.Navaneetharangan CISA


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