Re: Has someone else already articulated this?

[<Toralv_Dirro () McAfee com>]

Go ahead, claim it for yourself :)

I prefer not to see my name affiliated with something that implies knowledge of exact numbers where noone even can 
estimate the percentage....

I did use the "tip-of-the-iceberg" comparison ~10 years ago but I can hardly imagine I was the first.


cheers,
Toralv


> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org 
> [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Rich Kulawiec
> Sent: Montag, 10. März 2008 18:17
> To: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: [funsec] Has someone else already articulated this?
>
> If nobody else has, then (in the same wry spirit as 
> Olbermann's labeling of the Keith Number) I'm gonna slap my 
> name on it.
> But if someone has, then I'll give credit where it's due.
>
>       XXX iceberg principle: for every breach reported by an
>       organization, there are ten more they're aware of.
>       For every breach an organization's aware of, there are
>       ten more they don't know about. 
>
> where "breach" may or may not be the right word; I intend for 
> this to cover privacy disclosures, security incidents, 
> exploitable holes, etc.
>
> ---Rsk
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