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"Cyber defense is often the opposite of a creative activity."

Security can also be about identifying and mitigating risks to make a formerly unprofitable certain loss into a viable business opportunity. Big picture example: how many US banks would have offices in China or Russia right now without the help of security professionals? It's not all about bopping people on the head.

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That's good to hear. Where I was (both in the private sector and the public sector) we seem mired in managing the complexity of the tools, which prevented us from being creative in this way. Perhaps that's the real opportunity, making a new generation of tools that's easier to use (or figuring out how to better train people in these skills)

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