Taking the strategic view of cyber security

Cyber criminals have reached a level of sophistication that renders the technical reactive approach to cyber defence applied in many companies obsolete; a more strategic, intelligence-based approach has a much better chance of preventing attack and minimising damage when an attack happens

Students of the military arts, at a fairly early stage in their education, run into the anecdote about Frederick the Great being shown a defensive plan that involved the entire army being lined up along the Prussian border. "What's that meant to do?" the great general asked scornfully. "Prevent smuggling?" The lecturer will then explain that the point is, of course, that you can't base a workable