ComputerWorld: There's no magic pill for security

Too often, New Year's resolutions to get into better shape are derailed because of a lack of realistic planning. The same thing happens in the security sphere.

By Kenneth van Wyk
January 14, 2013

As happens every January, when the new year arrived a couple of weeks ago, I saw a lot of new joggers and dog walkers out on the roads in my neighborhood. I've heard that gyms see a spike in business every January as well. In both cases, after a few weeks, things revert to about where they were before, as most of those who resolved to get fit in the new year fall away.

The problem is that real fitness is not achieved through a quick fix. It's an entire lifestyle, not a couple of jogs around the block.

Parallels can be drawn to security, be it information security, application security, software security or any other security discipline.

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