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The dumbest thing I had to learn for the CISSP

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Dan Guido
on April 7, 2008
in Certifications and Security Industry
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Started because of the following twitter from tqbf

STRIDE is the dumbest acronym in security.

There are two kinds of dumb:

  1. dumb == harmful
  2. dumb == pathetic

STRIDE has a little bit of both in it, it’s pretty high on the dumb scale.

I’m taking votes for either. What’s the overall dumbest term in security (acronym or not)?

I’ll start: the dumbest (#2) thing I had to learn for the CISSP was “salami slicing.” The concept is OK, but the name makes me shake my head in shame. I shudder using this term to actually describe something to someone else.

EDIT: Ok, it might be “superzapper.”