Security guarantees: building credibility for security vendors
Steve Mansfield-Devine · Network Security · 2016
When you buy a security product or service, what guarantee do you have that it's actually going to work? The answer, generally, is very little. In this interview, Jeremiah Grossman, founder of vulnerability testing company WhiteHat Security, explains that it may be time for security vendors to start putting their money where their mouths are. When you buy a security product or service, what guarantee do you have that it's actually going to work? The answer, generally, is very little. In this interview, Jeremiah Grossman of WhiteHat Security explains that it may be time for security vendors to start providing financial guarantees to back up the claims they make about the effectiveness of their products. If they indemnify customers against losses in the event of a breach, then the interests of customers and vendors will be aligned and this might help fight the pessimistic attitude many security practitioners have about the inevitability of being hacked.