The phrase “let’s kill all the lawyers” comes from William Shakespeare’s play, King Henry VI, Part 2. This is one of the most misinterpreted lines in all of Shakespeare’s works, and it is often used inaccurately, expressing a dislike for attorneys. This is not the way that Shakespeare intended it. Shakespeare was not one to suggest the slaying of lawyers as a way to cure society’s problems. As an information security professional, have you often found yourself frustrated by the growing collection of cyber-based rules, guidance, regulations, and contemplations that our lawmakers can conjure up? As if the job of securing network systems isn’t hard enough, now we need the long arm of the law reaching in to offer more hurdles? Do you often wonder aloud “whose side are these attorneys on anyway”?
If you have found yourself in the vexing position described above, perhaps it is time to look at this from a different perspective. While Shakespeare was not an adoring fan of lawyers, as shown in other plays, such as the graveyard scene in Hamlet, he recognized their necessity in the world. When we think of all the transactions in our lives that require legal guidance, it becomes clear that lawyers fill a valuable purpose. Would you ever buy a house without an attorney’s advice? Would you prepare a last will and testament without some legal guidance? Would you defend yourself in a court of law without a lawyer? It is clear that lawyers see things quite differently than non-lawyers. It is also clear that information security professionals see things differently than most non-security people.
Many information security professionals began their careers as curious youths who explored how computers worked, often pushing the machine, or the programs in that machine, beyond ..
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