xxxiv IntroductIon
e de-engineering of security departments has led to a situation
where corporates are wide-open to attack by automated and manual
means, either from “outside” or within their own private networks. Just
as with pre-war Germany, we are entering a period of consequences.
Some of the consequences of the current de-engineered security
world have already emerged, and I am not just talking about the
widespread incidents. In some cases, senior managers have lost their
patience with security departments and totally disbanded them. e
functions of the security team were passed to IT operations. As I
explain in the rst chapter of this book, do you blame the managers
for this? Personally I do not think you can blame the managers.