Security theater isn’t necessarily as ineffective as the security community believes. In Israel, there is a guard at the entrance to every store. The guard isn’t very useful to stop an attacker, and ...

Twenty years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, people in the United States still put up with the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) airport security theater. While the COVID-19 ...

With all the recent cyberattacks, data breaches, lawsuits, enforcement actions, and regulatory investigations, I am often surprised by the number of companies I see engaging in security practices that ...

For a term coined by Bruce Schneier more than 20 years ago, “cyber security theatre” is still surprisingly common. This is when security measures appear to reduce risk without actually doing so, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Justin is founder and principal analyst at PivotNine. Information security remains a fraught and messy domain, with seemingly ...

Another day, another ransomware attack or security breach at a brand-name company. And that's just the tip of the iceberg when you add the cyberattacks at lesser-known companies. This raises the ...

Remember the good old days when people used to rob banks for money? At least there was no contagion. Apart from anything else, thanks to fungibility, it wasn’t your money that was being stolen anyway, ...

The author, a retired airline pilot, prefers General Aviation (GA) for convenience and to avoid commercial airline security, despite free travel options. While commercial airline security can be ...