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Great Debate: Security’s greatest threat? Dumb users vs. dumb design
Summary: Are today’s IT security problems mostly the result of less-than-adequate design principles on the part of systems developers? Or is user operating error the primary culprit?..
http://www.zdnet.com/debate/great-debate-securitys-greatest-threat-dumb-users-vs-dumb-design/6316982
what do you think?
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I vote for the dumb users! Its amazing on how many people call the helpdesk after being infected from a dumb choice. For Example a few weeks ago one user calls me and has her laptop infected. She had opened a email that was supposed to be tracking information from a UPS package. This was strange as they worked in the finance dept, I asked if she was expecting a package and she said no. I looked at this email and the tracking number wasnt even in the UPS format (All tracking numbers, at least in the US, start with 1Z)
system
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it could be neither,i mean threats are becoming so prevalent and sophisticated,that it’s very difficult to avoid them completely without really crippling your computer or internet experience.
system
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I’m following that debate and I voted for the dumb users being more of a problem than design.
I looked at this email and the tracking number wasnt even in the UPS format (All tracking numbers, at least in the US, start with 1Z)
Never mind the tracking#. The email didn't come from UPS.
This doesn't look like the person helping is any smarter than the person with the actual infection. ;D