LoverVamp has taken issue with Andy’s post about user education being the key to security. LV says:
I’m not sure I would say that user education is key and that without it we may as well put up open wifi. I think user education is very important, but it won’t solve IT security any more than education has solved drug use, teen pregnancy, or STDs.
While LV is going after Andy for a comment that was really tongue-in-cheek, I thought his analogy about drug use and sex education was appropriate. So as some are doing is sex education, I propose that we move towards abstinence in IT security education. If we just take everyone’s computer away, we have no more IT security problems! Instead of wearing the digital condoms created by firewalls, IDS /IPS, NAC, etc., we just rip the friggin’ plugs out of the wall and be done with it! That would really reduce everyone’s stress factor.
Vet
I should immediately follow that up with a smiley face in which I mean no offense to any women who read this (or feminists of any persuasion!
I prefer to treat my network like it were a woman. Redundancy, fault tolerance, proper failovers…
Michael,
Yea, not very realistic at all. What did kids do before TV and computers? Go outside? Read books? Pure barbarism!
And though we all would be out of a job in the short run, I always thought the Little House on the Prairie life looked pretty good. I can cut logs and farm with the best of ‘em!
Michael
Hey Michael, I agree that LV’s analogies were spot on with using sex and drugs [and for that matter, rock n' roll], education has not made a difference in curbing their use. I have to agree in theory with your suggestion, but disagree with you in practice. You see, I have two little (under 5) kids at home. And if your suggestion gets implemented, we would all lose our jobs…very quickly.
MY, MY Michael, we are a little irritated today aren’t we?
I guess the lack of good blogging fodder is getting to you.