I think we can all agree that information security problems are getting worse over time, not better. Both the frequency and the severity of incidents are increasing, and the situation is deteriorating across the spectrum, from data breaches at large retailers to sophisticated campaigns subverting national telecom infrastructure.
It’s not simply a matter of trying harder. These failures are not due to incompetence, and despite what high-profile security vendors might say, these problems are not primarily due to users ignoring alerts generated by existing systems. I believe that the approaches we rely on today are inherently incomplete and fragile, and a profoundly new way of looking at things is needed. Endpoint modeling represents exactly such a promising new approach to IT security.
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