Security is like an analogy. It only works up until the point that someone considers an angle or aspect that you haven’t previously considered and accounted for.

Yes, (bad) security analogies are a pet peeve of mine. Analogies are defended as a mechanism to help people begin to understand a concept. Mostly, however, they seem to be used as an alternative to understanding a concept.

Analogies…

So Chandler offers up “The Last Security Analogy You’ll Ever Need.” I’d like to pile on: Analogies are like fish. Sometimes they just don’t make sense…….