Rule of Trust

A good security practitioner of the Rule of Trust is one who is a friend to everyone, but really trusts no one. Since saying we don't trust someone or something often has negative overtones, let's be more politically correct and simply say, “Anything can happen.”

Sure, Mel has been a faithful employee for 20 years and helps to find orphaned kittens new homes during the winter holidays. This does not mean we should give him the combination to our safe, or let him enter the computer room without signing in with security. The fact is that anything can and will happen. Mel could suffer a breakdown and decide to erase all our customer ...

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