POSTPONED - Episode #72 Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies...

The original show (outlined below) is DEFERRED to next week. One of the show hosts was unavailable for this one.<br /><br />Are you singing the song in your head right now?<br />You know, the hit song by Fleetwood Mac? Here, I'll help you out.<br /><br /> If I could turn the page<br /> In time then I'd rearrange just a day or two<br /> Close my, close my, close my eyes<br /> But I couldn't find a way<br /> So I'll settle for one day to believe in you<br /> Tell me, tell me, tell me lies<br /><br />Haha, now you got it!<br /><br />What the hell does this have to do with information security? <br />Well, nothing really, if we're just talking about the song. The theme for this episode of the Security Shit Show is just "LIES", not the song Little Lies, but when I started writing this introduction, I squirreled. <br /><br />OK, let's get to it...<br /><br />Lies are everywhere in our industry. Hell, they're everywhere in general! We ARE the Security Shit Show, so we'll keep it to information security (I think).<br /><br />Lies are told and believed so often in the information security industry, we start to question what reality we're living in! In case you missed it, Chris wrote a LinkedIn post earlier this week:<br /><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sidragon1_oh-the-lies-we-tell-having-just-landed-activity-6871732134323765248-VokQ" rel="noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sidragon1_oh-the-lies-we-tell-having-just-landed-activity-6871732134323765248-VokQ</a><br /><br />At the end of his post, he posed a question (with a poll). <br />Which LIE is the worst we tell everyone?<br /> Option 1: We CAN protect you!<br /> Option 2: Endpoint will solve it ALL!<br /> Option 3: Just install “x” technology<br /> Option 4: “Other” leave No.x below :)<br /><br />Interesting, eh? Got me thinking...<br /><br /> Why do we lie so much in this industry?<br /> Is it OK to lie in certain circumstances?<br /> Is it OK to lie if everyone else is?<br /> Is one lie worse than