Security, Real Life, and Being Proactive

Have you noticed that little slogan in the bottom of p&p logo?

"proven practices for predictable results"

When I landed in Seattle for Another Breathtaking Microsoft Convention I called my precious wife to tell her I am OK. What I heard in response was cry and she was telling me that she was involved in serious car wreck. I can recall now that first thing I asked was "Were you wearing safety belt?" and when I heard "yes" I could estimate what could happen to her. I could not be sure about her explanations since she could be under shock, but since she applied proven practice I could imagine what damage it could be. I am home now and my precious just fine, thank god.

Next day I called her she told me that IRS is about to arrest our bank account and we are about to pay $4000 fine. I knew it was going to happen since I was constantly receiving from them letters but I lived in ignorance. This time I got busted. Here are some more about Approaches That Don't Work

Both cases are about being [or not] proactive

Here is small case study that my US teammates published on the Web.

I am sure that proactive is the key word here:

Start proactively applying Security Engineering