Friday, August 16, 2002

Washington Post: "the risks associated with our nation's reliance on interconnected computer systems are substantial and varied".  There is little excuse for this; it's just human nature to be complacent about security.  I've been told time and time again of smart people who fail to press the "Go Secure" button on their STU-III phones, just because it's inconvenient. It's not the individual's fault!  It's up to us - the technology industry - to create systems that are complacency immune - that are designed to be complementary to the way that users and administrators really act.  And it's up to IT to realize that it's their responsibility - likely to the point of liability - to broadly deploy technology that is configured to be secure in a complacency-immune fashion. No, it won't be perfect: this is all about risk management. You can't control how people behave - so create an environment in which they do the "right thing" naturally. 7:52:10 AM

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