Security Education
Study: Online users in U.S. donít know Internet lingo.
The average American doesnít know the meaning of ìphishing,î one of the
most serious online threats, according to a study by the Pew Internet
& American Life Project. [Computerworld News]
US computer users don't have much motivation to learn about computer
security. No user actually thinks about doing security when they sit
down to send email, surf the web etc. I predict we'll see security
services sold for home computer users and small business that will take
care of their security, for a small charge. Recently I heard articulate
security person Bruce Schneier keynote (at a Security Day some State of
California Data Centers arranged) and he mentioned he would pay for
something like
that for "his mother." How many IT people provide updates and clean ups
for their relatives? Then if they visit less, people don't know how to
take care of their own system (or have some of it happen automatically).
Might be easier to pay for it. On my home systems in an evening, I
schedule some of the security things, but sometimes cannot get to that
instead of real work.
2:44:40 PM 
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