full-disclosure - [inbox] Re: CyberInsecurity: The cost of Mo nopoly

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Message-ID: <3F79CD04.9030404@jmu.edu>
From: flynngn at jmu.edu (Gary Flynn)
Subject: [inbox] Re: CyberInsecurity: The cost of Mo
 nopoly


Schmehl, Paul L wrote:

> We don't let people drive cars without some proof that they know how.
> We don't even let them neglect the maintenance any more (think emissions
> inspections.)  Why should we let people use computers with no training,
> no awareness of the potential trouble spots, no idea what they're
> getting in to?  That's insanity.  And that's why we have hundreds of
> thousands of infections with every new iteration of a worm or virus.
> And IT people contribute to the problem by throwing up their hands and
> saying that the users don't want to learn or can't be taught.  They
> *must* be taught.  There is no other way to solve the problem.

Well, there is another way but I don't think anyone wants to
go there just yet :)

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~flynngn/whatnext.htm

-- 
Gary Flynn
Security Engineer - Technical Services
James Madison University

Please R.U.N.S.A.F.E.
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