The issues addressed here are timely, but even when you get outside the realm of internet security, you can see that this is a universal problem. You have a supervisor (or maybe client) who is convinced he is smarter than you because he is your supervisor (or client). He wants what he wants, and does not want to hear your reasons for saying no. And because he is your supervisor, he has a built-in target for blame when it all goes downhill. This is the latest comic from CommitStrip.