Netizen Blog and News

The Netizen team sharing expertise, insights and useful information in cybersecurity, compliance, and software assurance.

Why Is There No Silver Bullet In Cybersecurity?

In the past two years, companies all over the world spent $157 billion on information security products. For comparison, the total expenses of the state government of New York amounted to $150.7 billion in 2016.

Just for our amusement, let’s imagine a silver bullet with a cost comparable to information security expenses. It would weigh 302.5 tons since silver costs $515.70 per kilogram (actual price on the day this article was written)! Therefore, it is either a really heavy bullet the size of a 10-story building, or it isn’t made of silver. I could continue hypothesizing about potential raw materials for such a bullet, but I’d rather discuss the reasons behind such a state of affairs.

In short, it is unclear what needs to be protected and from what. I will elaborate on these two problems.

Posted in

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.