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How to Smell Security Snake Oil in One Sentence or Less

If someone ever tells you something like the following:

"We defend against all zero day attacks using a holistic solution that integrates the end-to-end synergies in security infrastructure with no false positives."

Run away.

—Rich

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By Matasano Chargen » Copyediting Snake Oil Mar  on  09/25  at  04:46 AM

[...] Mogull on snake-oil marketing: [...]

By Copyediting Snake Oil Marketing at INFOSEC  on  09/25  at  07:37 AM

[...] Copyediting Snake Oil Marketing   Published September 25th, 2006 in INFOSEC   Mogull on snake-oil marketing: If someone ever tells you something like the following: “We defend against all zero day attacks using a holistic solution that integrates the end-to-end synergies in security infrastructure with no false positives.” Run away. My comment: Mogull’s trip-wire sentence is 18 words too long. 19 if you have the guts to shave out the word “all”. [...]

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