The illusion of security
Nick Lewis · The Computer Bulletin · 1997
It is a truth universally acknowledged among computer security consultants, but no less sad for that, that precious little is ever done to prevent physical or logical breaches in computer and data security. Indeed, it is sometimes said (even by leading computer scientists) that ‘computer security is a waste of time’ - the basis for this belief being that nothing can prevent the really determined hacker from succeeding