People do things all the time that they are admonished not to. How many people here have: - never spoken on a mobile phone whilst driving a car - never smoked a cigarette - never failed to switch off your electronic devices whilst on an airborne plane after being directed - etc
(I realise that the last one doesn't really have any impact on the flying off the plane, but none the less you are being directed by someone in authority to do something, yet didn't) And then there are the cases where your friend/family/whatever recommends that you don't buy xyz product, or don't visit xyz shop or whatever. Does everyone always follow that advise? Or put on safety goggles when doing work in the garage or whatever. The fact of the matter is that people take *risks* all the time. Despite advice to the contrary. Sometimes it's: a) the way we communicate the message - just saying "don't do it" isn't sufficient for some people b) the regard in which we are held - we are not always seen as "god" c) what people perceive the risks to be, and how likely they think the risk will. If people think "this will never happen to me" then they'll go and go it anyway. Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 28 January 2011 8:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Intel developing security 'game-changer' To ignore the advice of an expert you are relying on for advice/work to be done is idiocy. I don't consider my users idiots until they give me cause. Ignoring advice of using a compromised computer to buy a widget with a debit card is beyond the pale. On Thursday, January 27, 2011, Shauna Hensala <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I thought it was good - remarkably astute. We all know different things - to > classify someone as an idiot because they don't know the things you know is a > fallacy. Plus the sigh correlation was good for a chuckle! > > > Subject: Re: Intel developing security 'game-changer' > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:31:07 -0500 > To: [email protected] > > Sensitive as always. :) > > > William J. RobbinsEnterprise Infrastructure OperationsOffice of > Information ManagementDeloitte 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 -0800To: 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>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 -0800To: 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 > ~ 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
