August 26, 2026
Security by Antiquity: Why the Oldest Thing in Your Building Might Be the Safest
Older technology is sometimes safer from attack, not because it is stronger but because nobody is looking at it. Ireland is keeping its radio beacons alive, Australia quietly kept 200 navaids at 124 airports, and San Francisco is paying 212 million dollars to leave floppy disks behind. Underneath the jokes sits a question most boards have never been asked: you bought capability, but did you ever buy resilience?