A gestalt is an organized whole that is perceived as more than
the sum of its parts. If you put together a battery, some wire, and a bulb in a
certain way and you still only have the three. Align them in a certain way, you
also get light. You get something that is greater than the sum of the
parts.
Same parts but you’ve created a gestalt.
You can't buy gestalt. The hard work and planning required to find it doesn't have a price tag. This means that your email security tools aren’t by themselves a gestalt
against ransomware.
Tools are just parts.
I'm always astonished that every major ransomware incident produces experts and commentors that opine that
backups are the only tools to defend against
ransomware. You’d think that gestalt against ransomware isn’t possible.
Is it ok to disagree with experts?
