The "Remedy" Nobody Measures Part 2: The Crime Moved
Part 2 examines synthetic identity fraud, where stolen data becomes raw material for credit files built around people who do not exist.
I ran out of pages before the industry ran out of problems.
Built Wrong took three years and covers the core problem: an industry paid to look secure that was never required to show anything got better. The book is done. The mismeasurement is not.
So I write this every week. One myth, one paradox, or one remedy nobody ever measured, pulled apart until you can see who actually pays for it.
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The "Remedy" Nobody Measures
After a data breach, free credit monitoring is the standard remedy. But does it protect anyone? Part 1 examines the evidence and incentives.
Presales Begin - Built Wrong
Nearly three years of researching, writing, editing, and cybersecurity industry peer reading (by more than 40 cybersecurity leaders around the world), and the countdown can finally begin! The best marketing campaign i…
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