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Cisco wants incident responders to be more self-conscious. The Borg's seasoned computer security incident response team boffins Gavin Reid and Jeff Bollinger say a knock to the ego will help combat the Dunning-Kruger effect in which over-confidence and a steering away from the rule book can lead to dangerous oversights. The …

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  1. Will Godfrey Silver badge
    Meh

    Why now?

    I thought this was generally well known.

    Except (of course) by those who don't know as much as they think they do.

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    1. allthecoolshortnamesweretaken
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      Re: Why now?

      It's the sort of thing we all "know" but need to be reminded of every now and then.

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  2. BlokeOnMotorway

    Ok, but what's Das Boot got to do with it?

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