Hakuna Matata, what a wonderful phrase.

When I think security, I think Hakuna Matata.  Imagine the harsh African desert, hyenas and lions coming to kill you at any turn. Drought or floods waiting to end your existence.

In the midst of this, a happy, safe oasis.  Secure by design.  No worries.

Security by design, no worries, no rules.  Just safety.  Freedom from fear.  Freedom from harm.  This is what we seek to create as security professionals.

Why do we fight our our end users, our developers, our customers?  Because we fail to embrace this.  As a member of the security profession, someone has transferred risk to you.  You are their Hakuna Matata.

Wear it with pride.  Make their world safe by design.  Don’t seek retribution for mistakes, seek to make a world where they aren’t vulnerable to their own mistakes.  Protect them. Let them have an oasis in the desert, a place that Hakuna Matata lives.  Accept that transferral.

Wear it with pride.  

Hakuna.  Matata.

What a wonderful phrase.

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