IT professionals must acknowledge and abandon the “reality distortion field” that keeps industry leaders from embracing new security techniques as breaches grow, Jason Hart writes in an op-ed for Network World. “Reality distortion field is a term used to describe the belief that wanting and willing something — even the near-impossible — can make it happen,” Hart says. “However, a reality distortion field has overtaken today’s data security mindset when it comes to the effectiveness of perimeter security.” While Hart encourages technologists to continue to invest in breach prevention tools, he adds that they can’t stop there. “Organizations are not investing in security based on reality as it is; they’re investing based on reality as they want it to be,” he continues. “The problem and the solution to the problem just don’t match up.”
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