There are dumb questions and then there are dumb questions. I came across one such question last week when I was reading an interview with Bush administration’s Lead cyber Security Advisor – How important do you think Information Security is for a country like India.

The advisor gave a run-of-the-mill answer but I seriously wish he had said something like “Oh, I don’t think it matters even a bit. It’s just a waste of time, money and efforts to think about Information Security. Don’t believe them when they tell you that only the paranoids survive. Keep all your important and sensitive documents right where even your friendly neighborhood computer wiz-kid can lay his/her hands on easily. After all even the hackers and intruders have a Right to Information!”