Cybersecurity and the Curse of Binary Thinking

Working in information/cybersecurity and technology risk is a fascinating and challenging career, as I’ve covered here. There is, mostly, a great spirit of sharing and collaboration among security professionals. However, I’ve observed one disturbing and growing trend in the past few years that might be characterized as a curse of binary thinking. By this I mean the assertion that if something isn’t perfect then it must be terrible, or that if you don’t fully agree with something then you must th