I still don't like to fly.... prolly a control thing more than a safety thing....
But the statistics do allow me to rationalize the safety of flying and that lets me actually board a plane to Vegas once a year :-) Michael P. Blanchard Principal Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Cyber Security Services EMC ² Corporation 32 Coslin Drive Southboro, MA 01772 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 12:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [funsec] Risk management and security theatre Bruce Schneier is often outrageous, these days, but generally worth reading. In a piece for Forbes in late August, he made the point that, due to fear and the extra trouble casued by TSA regulations, more people were driving rather than flying, and, thus, more people were dying. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/09/excess_automobi.html "The inconvenience of extra passenger screening and added costs at airports after 9/11 cause many short-haul passengers to drive to their destination instead, and, since airline travel is far safer than car travel, this has led to an increase of 500 U.S. traffic fatalities per year." So, by six years after the event, the TSA had killed more US citizens than had the terrorists. And continues to kill them. Given the recent NSA revelations, I suppose this will sound like more US-bashing, but I don't see it that way. It's another example of the importance of *real* risk management, taking all factors into account. ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Book (n): a utensil used to pass time while waiting for TV repair. victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
