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by ghiculescu 955 days ago
Those seem like different goals. Don’t we need both?
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Yes. Defense in depth is somehow only applied to computer security around these parts.
This isn't defense in depth, this is deciding what color you want the background of you 'about our security team' webpage, while your system is actively getting compromised.
When there's a giant hole in the bottom of your boat, you don't dispatch your limited resources to start bailing water out with a tablespoon.

You patch the hole. Once you deal with that, then you can start bailing.