How to Smell Security Snake Oil in One Sentence or Less

By Rich | September 25, 2006

If someone ever tells you something like the following:

“We defend against all zero day attacks using a holistic solution that integrates the end-to-end synergies in security infrastructure with no false positives.”

Run away. *[Email:]: Email *[Twitter:]: Twitter *[Phone:]: Phone

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Copyediting Snake Oil Marketing at INFOSEC 2006-09-25
Copyediting Snake Oil Marketing Published September 25th, 2006 in INFOSEC Mogull on snake-oil marketing: If someone ever tells you something like the following: “We defend against all zero day attacks using a holistic solution that integrates the end-to-end synergies in security infrastructure with no false positives.” Run away. My comment: Mogull's trip-wire sentence is 18 words too long. 19 if you have the guts to shave out the word “all”