ASW Episode 252
The Case of Secure By Design
It was another Monday morning. The sign on the door said Private Investigator.
But the sign below that said closed and I was saying yes to a third cup of coffee.
It was hot, but left a bad aftertaste, like a vendor pitching AI to solve secure code.
My partner was out of town looking into a criminal trespass. But that case was like a bad API – all swagger and no authorization –
When there was a knock at the door.
“You’ve got some debts to pay,” grumbled a bulky silhouette. “And I know you’re in there.”
I looked at the door. The sign was still turned to closed and the bolt was still turned to locked.
I knew secure by default when I saw it.
They knocked again.
“Last warning,” they said, long on vowels, but short on patience.
Then before I could respond, a crowbar came through the door’s glass panel, held by a fist that looked ready for a conversation of its own.
And that’s how I learned about secure by design.
I revisited the noir style this week after having a lot of fun with it in episode 250.