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Article:
  Fear and Loathing in Information Security
Subject:   The need for an enemy
Date:   2005-02-18 10:58:07
From:   oisinfeeley
Excellent article. Don't forget that the "security professionals" benefit highly from the presence of a hyper demonized enemy. It's in their interests to exaggerate the threat from crackers:


1. It creates a market for their services
2. It lets them off the hook for their shoddy practices if they're facing über-kriminals