WE ARE
DOOMED!!!!! (I don't think so.)
We are upset,
inconvenienced, mad, pissed off, sorry because we lost data, lost money, lost
time, lost _____?
BUT....We are not
doomed!
What will save
us? I believe 5 things will save us.
1.
Speed
If you have enough
speed & bandwidth that you don't care how much backgroung checking is going
on, you wont care that it IS going on. We will have ten gigabit
multi-processors on the desktop in five years. We will have ten
gigabit over copper to the desktop in two years. (& one gigabit
wireless)
2. Artificial
Intelligence
Computers &
software are borderline too complex for people to understand now. There
are NASA programs that NO one individual understands their full capability only
teams of people. AI is only a measure of complexity. AI will watch
your computer. It is already being used in some of the more advanced
security suites. It will know EVERY memory location & EVERY
executable op code & where it could go to execute. It will be able to
compare ANY code segment to 5 million known executables. (including all
commercial software & all known malware) If its not known, it doesn't
run without high level permission.
3.
Cost.
In the same way that
it costs too much to build a machine to break 4096 bit data encription, it will
cost too much for hackers to break security on the "new"
machines.
4.
Statistics.
If a machine
can NEVER be 100% secure (a true statement) you will be satisfied with a
99.99999% secure machine. There will be 500 million people on the internet
& 50 people a year will be compromised. Like the widebeast, you will
know it will always be the "other guy" & not you that gets hit.
(statistically)
5.
Terminals.
We will go back to
dumb (semi-smart?) terminals in the corporate environment. ALL processing
power will be physically secured & at the desktop will only be a
keyboard & monitor.
Right now we have to
do the best we can. We are getting better every year. Firewalls,
ALG's, IDS's, AV suites are all getting more sophisticated & more
reliable. We MUST keep educating users. It WILL happen.
How soon is in no small measure up to us.
