---
id: 4186
title: "Cybersecurity Fatalism - How It Poisons Your Decision Making"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/cybersecurity-fatalism-poisons-decision-making"
published_at: "2019-09-02T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["security-culture", "risk-management", "decision-making", "security-strategy", "opinion"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4186"
lang: en
---

# Cybersecurity Fatalism - How It Poisons Your Decision Making

## Summary

Dan Petro argues 'cybersecurity fatalism' — the belief that everything is hackable so effort is futile — is seductive but wrong, leading to snake-oil purchases and missed real controls.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2019-09-02T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/cybersecurity-fatalism-poisons-decision-making
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4186