You are right...with cars, I am a "special user". I expect that I am being slated on a mechanic's list somewhere :-)
Typed frustratingly slowly on my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: Steven Peck <sep...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:22:28 To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>Subject: Re: Intel developing security 'game-changer' We all have our share of special users. Those are interesting stories. Some of us have our share of educational victories as well. Those that learn after getting the right information after only one or two bad experiences. For instance, I have this thing in my kitchen that makes things hot (my wife calls it an oven). If I have a recipe that I follow I can get an approximation of edible food. Sometimes I get lucky and it's really good, other times it's merely a lesson in what doesn't work. In the cooking world I am that 'special user'. Fortunately my wife does not mock me for it, although I am beginning to suspect a correlation between my attempts to bake and her loud sighs, I may have to chart the occurrences. For our special users (even our general ones), we must remember that people learn differently and often we must craft our educational message to fit our users ability to comprehend. Educating people on social engineering is a rather time consuming task. Lot's to be learned from the advertising fields in how to present the same overall message in different formats for user consumption. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Rankin, James R <kz2...@googlemail.com>wrote: > I had a home user recently showing all the signs of malware. I told him not > to use his pc till I could look at it. And he went and made a purchase with > his debit card. Against that sort of idiocy, we admins are doomed to fail. > > Typed frustratingly slowly on my BlackBerry® wireless device > ------------------------------ > *From: * David Lum <david....@nwea.org> > *Date: *Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:55:37 -0800 > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > *ReplyTo: * "NT System Admin Issues" < > ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > *Subject: *RE: Intel developing security 'game-changer' > > You mean I’m not supposed to enter my Visa number at a site that will give > me winning lottery numbers on an animated stripper card that includes a free > registry and spyware scan and install AntiVirus 2069? > > > > Who knew? > > > > Dave > > > > *From:* Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 27, 2011 1:46 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Intel developing security 'game-changer' > > > > Well, since the vast majority of infections occur because of social > engineering, I don’t think it will mean much at all. > > > > An analogy might be DEP, which did make some difference – that was > something at the kernel. But not a huge difference. > > > > I would put this in the same pot. > > > > At the end of the day, your users will still demand downloading their > favorite crapware, surf porn, and fill out lottery sites online, while > giving all of these places their credit card numbers. > > > > Alex > > > > > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 26, 2011 1:37 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Intel developing security 'game-changer' > > > > What say you, Alex, et all. > > > > > http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9206366/Intel_developing_security_game_changer_?taxonomyId=85 > > > > Hype? > > *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 503.548.5229 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
