Dr. Hugh Thompson is the CTO and Senior VP at Blue Coat – Sunnyvale, California-based provider of security and networking solutions. The focus in security needs to change from the variables to the things that remain constant, he says. Thompson proposes applying the statistical concept of “Degrees of Freedom” The concept is to treat the changing landscape as a variable in an equation that can keep changing without affecting the final outcome of the equation. The human element of security is one such constant, Thompson says.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/hugh-thompson-on-simplifying-security-a-8475