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So, a client hit me with this today: "We've got tons of security tools, so we *must* be safe, right?" My face: 😅 If only it were that simple...

Here's a wild stat for you: a staggering 61% of companies have been breached, even though they're juggling an average of 43 security tools. This just goes to show, piling on more tools doesn't automatically boost your security. What's the real game-changer? It's all in the **configuration!**

As a pentester, I see this scenario play out constantly. Businesses will pour money into the latest and greatest tools, but then the foundational stuff? Often overlooked. Seriously, getting regular pentests (and I'm talking thorough ones, not just some automated scans!) is absolutely vital. Plus, "Security by Design" isn't just a trendy phrase; it’s a mindset you actually have to live and breathe.

Over to you: what are the most common security tool configuration blunders you've come across? And on the flip side, which tools are your saviors for getting things optimized? Let's hear it!

Sometimes a person is given leadership simply to sabotage and destroy a thing.
"UN Secretary General #AntónioGuterres on Friday condemned the violence against civilians in #Syria and Israel’s violation of Syria’s sovereignty, following airstrikes near the presidential palace in #Damascus."
#UnitedNations will remain a #failed body for "peace advocacy" to die.
#peace
#fail
#UN
jurist.org/news/2025/05/un-sec

lol I was just building the update for the Nose Ears comic archive to add comics 900 to 1000 but then I noticed there were some off-by-one errors in the comic statistics page that went unnoticed all those years. 🤯
It counted one more comic than actually existed. Should be fixed now.

Lesson learned: Always test your statistics features before deploying them. 😅