The Art of Cyber Security - A practical guide to winning the war on cyber crime

CHAPTER 8: WATER RETAINS NO CONSTANT SHAPE

Bruce Lee, the kung fu master and film star, is not only famous for his movies and incredible training regime, but was also a renowned philosopher who understood the importance of flexibility in both body and mind. He demonstrated this perfectly when, like Sun Tzu, he spoke of water’s shape-shifting qualities:

“If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put water into a teapot, and it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

Lee was stressing the importance of adapting to the environment and the conditions surrounding us. Had he been in technology, perhaps he would have been talking about our need to ...