According to many, user education is one of the best methods of ensuring adequate protection of your information assets. It’s been eternally touted as one of the requirements of a viable information security program. This article is not about that, though. It’s about knowing your users/customers. Yes, Mr. & Ms. Security Professional, your users are [...]
It’s time to reboot the security industry
April 4, 2007 By
It seems that this year has been dominated by negativity: we have focused on month’s of bugs, slammed colleagues and users and even tried to prove through science that people don’t understand risk. In fact, many in our industry seem quick to point out that everything is wrong, nothing works…. and that’s not very comforting. [...]
Google Apps Premier Launches – does this mean security takes a hit? You bet it does (so what do do about it)?
February 28, 2007 By
Well, the big announcement last week and through the weekend was that Google Apps Premier launched. This is a chance for companies to leverage the power of “office tools” from anywhere and is set to foster more effective collaboration. On a personal level, I use (and like) Google docs, so I can see the draw. [...]
Seth Godin explains why he’s not surprised – would I be if I came to your security team?
February 24, 2007 By
Seth Godin has an brief, insightful post about what we have come to expect from different organizations. His conclusion is that while in life, most things don’t and shouldn’t surprise us, if we want to stand out, we have to be a surprise. Read “I’m not surprised” – but put it in the context of [...]
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