A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
From the About Damn Time Dept.
Often it seems that security policies are designed with the assumption that average computer users are ID10Ts (idiot users). Related terms such as PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair), PICNIC (Problem In Chair, Not In Computer), IBM error (Idiot Behind Machine error) and other similar phrases illustrate the dark side of our interactions with our users. Sometimes we allow our ...
There are members of the cybersecurity profession who say that Cybersecurity Awareness Training is a waste of time and money, because the average computer user just doesn’t care or can’t retain technical information. To them, I repeat a quote from Eppie Lederer aka Ann Landers – “If you think education is expensive – try ignorance.” I firmly believe that one of the best returns on investment in the cybersecurity realm is Cybersecurity Awareness Training for your employees.
You and your employees are ...
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Tomorrow is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. In the pantheon of Geek Holidays, Talk Like A Pirate Day is one of my favorites. I mean, how often do you get a reason wear a tricorn hat, carry a saber, perch a parrot on your shoulder and walk around saying “Aaaarrrh” and “Yaaarrrh, matey.”
The other Geek Holidays?
You think you are the clever one because you never use the Internet for online banking, online shopping, or managing accounts like your retirement account, gas and electric utilities, telephone, cell phone, and Internet. Open a Facebook account? Never! You think you are safer from account hijacking and identity theft because you never set up any online accounts. If you don’t have it, they can’t hack it – right? Wrong!
If you ...
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