---
id: "quote-faster-than-the-bear"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["¶17"]
tags: ["security-philosophy", "analogies"]
related: ["concept-relative-cybersecurity", "contrarian-total-safety-impossible", "entity-daniel-dobrygowski"]
speaker: "Daniel Dobrygowski"
speakers: ["Daniel Dobrygowski"]
sources: ["governance"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-governance"
originDay: 7
articleStem: "hbr-sig-57-smb-cyber-risk"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/06/ai-is-changing-cyber-risk-heres-how-smbs-can-respond"
sourceTitle: "AI Is Changing Cyber Risk. Here’s How SMBs Can Respond."
---
# Faster Than the Bear

> "It's like that old joke about getting attacked by a bear. You don't have to be faster than the bear — just faster than the guy next to you."
> — [[entity-daniel-dobrygowski|Daniel Dobrygowski]] (¶17)

**Context:** Dobrygowski's signature summary of [[concept-relative-cybersecurity]] and the contrarian insight [[contrarian-total-safety-impossible]] — you don't need perfect defenses, just better defenses than alternative targets, so opportunistic attackers move on. Note the enrichment caveat: the analogy holds for opportunistic/commodity threats but is incomplete for targeted, motivated adversaries who won't simply move on.