# Locks, SOCs and a cat in a box: What Schrödinger can teach us about cybersecurity

DevFeed: [Locks, SOCs and a cat in a box: What Schrödinger can teach us about cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/locks-socs-and-a-cat-in-a-box-what-schrodinger-can-teach-us-about-cybersecurity-8335.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/business-security/locks-socs-cat-box-what-schrodinger-can-teach-us-about-cybersecurity/>)

Author: Steven Connolly

Published: 2025-12-11T10:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [WeLiveSecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/welivesecurity.md>)

Topics: [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>), [Threat Hunting & Intel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/threat-hunting-intel.md>), [Business Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/business-security.md>)

Tags: [business-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business-security.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [marketing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/marketing.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strategy.md>)

## AI overview

The article uses Schrödinger's cat as an analogy for the uncertainty facing organisations that lack visibility into their security environment. It argues that organisations should assume threats may already be present and strengthen their cybersecurity strategy through internal threat hunting, monitoring, and appropriate security tools.

## Source excerpt

If you don't look inside your environment, you can't know its true state - and attackers count on that