Comment by caminante
4 hours ago
Sorry, didn't mean for my comment to come off mean. I can see how it is pedantic or maybe more subjective opinion.
Your phrasing is right.
I was just doing a quick take on this qualifier:
> which is not prevented by a strong engineering control
I appreciate it, but it didn't come off as mean and I appreciate the correction. Incidentally Murphy apparently didn't write a whole set of laws so I have no idea what I read to that impression. I did some reading and there are interesting interpretations I hadn't considered that are more pessimistic, which is perhaps what you were flagging. Like that when you add more engineering controls, you create new vulnerabilities, and so things will continue to "go wrong".
If I use this phrasing again I'll present as something derived from or analogous to Murphy's Law rather than a "restatement".
> Like that when you add more engineering controls, you create new vulnerabilities, and so things will continue to "go wrong".
Yes! Thanks for the grace.