Security researcher: automating defense is as much harder than attack as proving a conjecture is vs proposing it
mboehme_ · x · 2026-11-02
Security researcher mboehme offers a hot take: when it comes to automation, the asymmetry between offense and defense in security mirrors the gap between proposing a good conjecture and proving it in mathematics. Attackers only need to find one viable path, while defenders must cover all of them, making defensive automation fundamentally harder.
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