Security Worries: Friday the 13th Edition

A. Braunberg
A. Braunberg

Summary Bullet:

  • Luck favors the prepared.
  • Prepare for breaches through better visibility and forensic tools.

In Western cultures, Friday the 13th is considered a particularly unlucky day.  The superstition is of relatively recent vintage, though it seems to derive from the separate but long-standing considerations that 13 is an unlucky number and Friday is an unlucky day.  Security folks are not a particularly superstitious lot, but I think we can all agree that we can use all the luck we can get.  However, any discussion about luck brings to my mind a famous quote that is usually remembered as “Luck favors the prepared (actually, the quote by Louis Pasteur is “Chance favors the prepared mind”). Continue reading “Security Worries: Friday the 13th Edition”