The results of the poll for this past week show that 91% believe information security and privacy training and awareness is important, but 9% believe it is not necessary to effectively safeguard data.
Well, I’ve had some very interesting conversations in the past few years, usually while at conferences and when chatting with vendors, who were emphatic about how awareness and training is “a waste of time and money.” As the results of my very unscientific poll show, while this opinion may be a very small percentage, it still could significantly impact information security program efforts based upon the folks who are putting down the awareness and training…the influence they have on non-infosec corporate decision makers could be very damaging to overall efforts…
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Bad Advice from the Uninformed and Inexperienced Hurt Information Security & Privacy Efforts
Sunday, August 12th, 2007Trick or Treat for Poll Clicks, Please! :)
Friday, August 10th, 2007Do you think my current blog poll (right side of screen, scroll down a bit) is lame? I had a couple of my friends and information assurance friends tell me that my question this week is a no-brainer; that no one will take a poll that is obvious.
Well, if you read my blog occasionally you know that I am a strong believer that information security and privacy awareness and training is absolutely necessary for security and privacy efforts to be effective. But, I have also seen published statements from some otherwise very smart folks stating that awareness and training efforts are a waste of time, a waste of money, or that only technology alone can result in effective security since most folks will “never learn anyway.”
