Forward by Dan Geer, Published 2009:
That the Good Guys are at a disadvantage is not a first-principles deduction by some logician – it is merely an observation. Looking back over the last decade, it is easy to observe that the amount of treasure and labor being expended on security has risen very fast indeed. At the same time, the loss of goods and control engineered by the opposition has risen. We are many. They are few. We are losing. They are winning. The reason is structural.
When you are at a structural disadvantage, the first choice might be to just get out of the game. Who wants to play baccarat against a crooked croupier? Or take a spitball when the umpire works for the other team? Better to play at another casino. Better to stand on another diamond. Sadly, or not, getting out of the digital security game is not in the cards.
Something else has to happen.
