The Security Enemy Is Us

Wednesday, December 17th, 2003 at 12:03 PM | Category: Meryl's Notes Blog No comments

The writer of The Weakest Link: Social Engineering, demonstrates an important point that the problem with corporate security could be our own fault.

Recently, a story involving a type 2 user (see the article) made the local news. A retail store hired a printer to print a one-page flyer promoting a sale on one of its products. An employee finished proofing the ad on the computer and left for a moment. Another employee saw the work and sat at the desk and changed one line of the ad as a prank. 17,000 copies went out in the mail and offended many of its recipients. The impacts of not protecting your computer can go beyond the company and into the customers’ hands. Image how much time it will take to undo such a mistake.

That made me stand up and take notice. So, I lock my computer at work every time even if it is just to go to the printer, which is 10 seconds from my desk but not in full view.

Tags:

Subscribe to this here blog: RSS or E-mail

Post a comment (or leave a trackback)

RSS Subscribe to be notified when new comments are added.

Get Updates