Sensitive as always. :)
William J. Robbins Enterprise Infrastructure Operations Office of Information Management Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited On Jan 27, 2011, at 18:25, "Gary Slinger" <[email protected]> wrote: > What a load of hippy crap. What part of "don't use that system" has to be > explained in kindergarten terms to a user? > > They're not "special", they're "idiots". > From: Steven Peck <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:22:28 -0800 > To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Intel developing security 'game-changer' > > We all have our share of special users. Those are interesting stories. Some > of us have our share of educational victories as well. Those that learn > after getting the right information after only one or two bad experiences. > > For instance, I have this thing in my kitchen that makes things hot (my wife > calls it an oven). If I have a recipe that I follow I can get an > approximation of edible food. Sometimes I get lucky and it's really good, > other times it's merely a lesson in what doesn't work. In the cooking world > I am that 'special user'. Fortunately my wife does not mock me for it, > although I am beginning to suspect a correlation between my attempts to bake > and her loud sighs, I may have to chart the occurrences. > > For our special users (even our general ones), we must remember that people > learn differently and often we must craft our educational message to fit our > users ability to comprehend. Educating people on social engineering is a > rather time consuming task. Lot's to be learned from the advertising fields > in how to present the same overall message in different formats for user > consumption. > > Steven Peck > http://www.blkmtn.org > > > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Rankin, James R <[email protected]> > wrote: > I had a home user recently showing all the signs of malware. I told him not > to use his pc till I could look at it. And he went and made a purchase with > his debit card. Against that sort of idiocy, we admins are doomed to fail. > Typed frustratingly slowly on my BlackBerry® wireless device > > From: David Lum <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:55:37 -0800 > To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Intel developing security 'game-changer' > > You mean I’m not supposed to enter my Visa number at a site that will give me > winning lottery numbers on an animated stripper card that includes a free > registry and spyware scan and install AntiVirus 2069? > > > > Who knew? > > > > Dave > > > > From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 1:46 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Intel developing security 'game-changer' > > > > Well, since the vast majority of infections occur because of social > engineering, I don’t think it will mean much at all. > > > > An analogy might be DEP, which did make some difference – that was something > at the kernel. But not a huge difference. > > > > I would put this in the same pot. > > > > At the end of the day, your users will still demand downloading their > favorite crapware, surf porn, and fill out lottery sites online, while giving > all of these places their credit card numbers. > > > > Alex > > > > > > From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 1:37 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Intel developing security 'game-changer' > > > > What say you, Alex, et all. > > > > http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9206366/Intel_developing_security_game_changer_?taxonomyId=85 > > > > Hype? > > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 503.548.5229 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
