Remember little Dickie Stiennon?

[TheGesus <thegesus () gmail com>]

Credibility Of Analysts

http://www.informationweek.com/research/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=178601879&pgno=1

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Three years ago, Gartner research director Richard Stiennon predicted
that intrusion-detection systems would no longer be a defense in the
security pro's arsenal by 2005. Stiennon, who left Gartner in 2004 to
work for anti-spyware developer Webroot Software, contended that
organizations would so harden their internal systems that the "burglar
alarm" service that intrusion-detection systems provide would no
longer be necessary. "Imagine a world where there are no intrusions,"
he said.

Stiennon's report changed the intrusion-detection systems market
overnight, says Marcus Ranum, chief security officer for Tenable
Network Security and founder of NFR Security, a maker of IDS
technology. "That report was so horrifyingly wrong because the thing
you're trying to do is detect threats," he says.
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Old news (Feb 6 issue), but I ran across it today.  Little Dickie
caused quite a stir.  Nice to see someone officially call him an
idiot.

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