Friday, April 28, 2006
The debate is over. Users are not stupid.
Security companies can't (well, don't) get security right.
From the Be Careful Out There security blog, I find that at a recent information security trade show the vendors of security products were setting up wireless networks with no security and were spreading viruses.
Sometimes security people argue about whether most security problems are caused by non-specialists being stupid. Now it is time to bury that idea unless they're willing to say the specialists are being stupid.
The good news is that you can outperform the security companies with a moderate amount of non-wizardly work. Keep backups. Use Firefox or Opera. At work, follow the advice and orders of the IT people. At home, if you want a high-risk technology like a wireless network, stuff some pizza into the teenager next door and let him or her set it up.
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From the Be Careful Out There security blog, I find that at a recent information security trade show the vendors of security products were setting up wireless networks with no security and were spreading viruses.
Sometimes security people argue about whether most security problems are caused by non-specialists being stupid. Now it is time to bury that idea unless they're willing to say the specialists are being stupid.
The good news is that you can outperform the security companies with a moderate amount of non-wizardly work. Keep backups. Use Firefox or Opera. At work, follow the advice and orders of the IT people. At home, if you want a high-risk technology like a wireless network, stuff some pizza into the teenager next door and let him or her set it up.
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