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Industry Analysis
From the trenches—thoughts on security practices.
ere is an old joke which tells about three monkeys put into a cage, a banana
hanging on the roof, and a chair put into the middle of the cage, so that climbing into
it gives access to the banana. Most likely, sooner than later, one of the monkeys tries
to get the banana—in which case cold water is sprayed on the other two, essentially
punishing others for what the one did.
Eventually they learn to not reach for the banana. When this happens, one of
the monkeys is replaced with a new one, which most likely will go after the banana,
again leading to spraying cold water on the other two. is continues until all of
themonkeys are replaced and none of the originals resides in ...