Playing whack-a-mole is losing

The article contrasts “Security as Identity” defenders—who prize hacker-style discovery and personal branding—with engineers who focus on systemic, non-glamorous fixes, arguing that the former’s worldview often rejects solutions that don’t showcase novel vulnerabilities. It cites climate-policy debates and the success of low-cost clean-energy technologies as analogues, showing how entrenched identities can blind security teams to more effective, less sensational mitigation strategies.