Although we are in different registers, we can
say that just as the BEST is the enemy of GOOD,
EASE is the enemy of SECURITY. Two different
registers, in fact, since the search for BETTER
is the fact of wanting to surpass oneself in the
accomplishment of a task and/or in the goal
sought, whereas EASE, an expression of laziness,
is a destructive element of SAFETY.
This reflection also makes sense when applied to
the field of computer security.
For example, succumbing to the easy way out by
choosing an easy-to-remember password or relying
on a third party (Password Manager) to create
and manage passwords is the exact opposite of
what should be done when you want to prioritise
the security of your data or your information
system.
The same is true of the so-called
HYPER-CONVERGENT systems that offer a global
solution to meet all the IT needs, including the
security needs, of its customers. These systems,
which are in flagrant contradiction with MICRO
SEGMENTATION, the golden rule of any information
or industrial security architecture, lead to
many disasters. We have seen this with
SolarWinds, or with Kaseya, to mention only the
best known cases and their tens of thousands of
victims.
When a virus penetrates a hyper-convergent
system, all the doors of the system are open to
it, whereas if the system is built according to
the so-called micro-segmentation architecture,
the virus will only be able to attack the part
of the system that it has managed to penetrate.
It is therefore a choice that every Internet
user has to make, between the search for ease
and the search for computer security, knowing
that in both cases there is a price to pay:
While on the one hand, the easy way out risks
causing financial damage that can be very
significant (loss of data, money,
Ransomware,,,), on the other hand, the search
for security involves personal investment, in
the case of passwords, or financial costs
(investments), in the case of the construction
of the computer network.
In any case, it must be remembered that the
human factor (the user) is the weakest link in
the security of any computer system and that it
is necessary to protect him when he is at home
as much as when he is in a professional
environment.
If an antivirus is necessary, an intelligent
firewall is even more so, especially if it is
coupled with a VPN server that does not rely on
any external party. This is the protection that
PT SYDECO offers with its PICCOLO
(https://the-archangel.co/spesifications.html)
which protects the user at home or any IoT or
small business, thanks to its intelligent
firewall and VPN server.
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