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1、01.IntroductionIt'sbeenoverthreeyearssincethefirsteditionofSecretsandLieswaspublished.Readingthroughitagainafterallthistime,themostamazingthingishowlittlethingshavechanged.Today,twoyearsafter9/11andinthemiddleoftheworstspateofcomputerwormsandvirusestheworldhaseverseen,theboo
2、kisjustasrelevantasitwaswhenIwroteit.Theattackersandattacksarethesame.Thetargetsandtherisksarethesame.Thesecuritytoolstodefendourselvesarethesame,andthey'rejustasineffectiveastheywerethreeyearsago.Ifanything,theproblemshavegottenworse.It'sthehackingtoolsthataremoreeffectivea
3、ndmoreefficient.It'stheever-more-virulentwormsandvirusesthatareinfectingmorecomputersfaster.Fraudismorecommon.Identitytheftisanepidemic.Wholesaleinformationtheft—ofcreditcardnumbersandworse—ishappeningmoreoften.Financiallossesareontherise.Theonlygoodnewsisthatcyber-terrorism
4、,thepost-9/11bugaboothat'sscaringfartoomanypeople,isnoclosertorealitythanitwasthreeyearsago.Thereasonshaven'tchanged.InChapter23,Idiscusstheproblemsofcomplexity.Simplyput,complexityistheworstenemyofsecurity.Assystemsgetmorecomplex,theynecessarilygetlesssecure.Today'scomputer
5、andnetworksystemsarefarmorecomplexthantheywerewhenIwrotethefirsteditionofthisbook,andthey'llbemorecomplexstillinanotherthreeyears.Thismeansthattoday'scomputersandnetworksarelesssecurethantheywereearlier,andtheywillbeevenlesssecureinthefuture.Securitytechnologiesandproductsma
6、ybeimproving,butthey'renotimprovingquicklyenough.We'reforcedtoruntheRedQueen'srace,whereittakesalltherunningyoucandojusttostayinoneplace.Asaresult,todaycomputersecurityisatacrossroads.It'sfailingregularlyandwithincreasinglyseriousresults.CEOsarestartingtonotice.Whentheyfinal
7、lygetfedup,they'lldemandimprovements.(Eitherthatorthey'llabandontheInternet,butIdon'tbelievethatisalikelypossibility.)Andthey'llgettheimprovementstheydemand;corporateAmericacanbeanenormouslypowerfulmotivatoronceitgetsgoing.Forthisreason,Ibelievecomputersecuritywillimproveeve
8、ntually.Idon'tthinktheimprovementswillcomeintheshortterm,andIthinktheywillb