---
id: 8379
title: "Building Tanks"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/vulnerability-management/building-tanks/"
published_at: "2011-03-24T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["risk-management", "security-strategy", "defense-in-depth", "infosec-management", "brian-snow"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8379"
lang: en
---

# Building Tanks

## Summary

A NetSPI post relays NSA veteran Brian Snow's analogy: security must be built for a malicious environment like a tank, not a car, arguing for proactive, risk-based controls over retrofits.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2011-03-24T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/vulnerability-management/building-tanks/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8379