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After certain particularly long weeks during my years as a C-SO, I would need to sit and contemplate a question.

Is the cyber technology industry working across purposes to that of the cybersecurity profession as a whole.

Specifically, has the cyber industry decided that they would rather sell mitigation as opposed to

solve the problem? We've seen this at times in other industries, such as health care,

where it's so profitable to sell palliatives

that some providers appear to have decided that it's less important to cure diseases than it is to sell

mitigations. While I do not assume altruism and nobility are the primary drivers for all cyber

professionals, sometimes it seems as if the cyber technology industry

allows its focus on maximizing profit to stand in the way of advocating for innovative, yet

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