❤️ Failure - Unbreakable security by breaking things
"More incidents = better security"
Sounds backwards? Finnish researchers tracking 15 years of construction accidents found exactly that. Organisations with more small incidents had fewer serious ones.
At WHY2025, I explored why security needs controlled failure, not perfect prevention. From Netflix's Chaos Monkey to bicycle physics - here's how embracing wobbles builds antifragility.
Three takeaways:
- Provoke your environment safely
- Learn from near-misses (not just disasters)
- Build psychological safety for speaking up
Time to stop building training wheels and start getting comfortable with controlled falling.
Recording is also accessible via media.ccc.de or YouTube.
A PDF version of the slides can be found here.
Cybersecurity in 'totaalvoetbal' style - adaptive security with a human touch