Re: REVIEW: "The Myths of Security", John Viega

[Joel Esler <joel.esler () me com>]

On Jul 29, 2010, at 7:11 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:

> The foreword states that McAfee does a much, much better job of
> security than other companies.  The preface states that computer
> security is difficult, that people, particularly computer users, are
> uninformed about computer security, and that McAfee does a much better
> job of security than other companies.  The author also notes that it
> is much more fun to write a book that is simply a collection of your
> opinions than one which requires work and technical accuracy. 

"Biography
John Viega is CTO of the Software-as-a-Service Business Unit at McAfee, and was previously Vice President, Chief 
Security Architect at McAfee. John started out writing fiction in high school and college, but Randy Pausch (of Last 
Lecture Fame) convinced him to make a career in technology.

John lives in Boston, and has two daughters."

Hardly and unbiased source.  

If I wrote a book saying that Sourcefire is the best as security, does that make me authoritative on the subject?


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Joel Esler
http://www.joelesler.net

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