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Face-Off: Is User Education Working?
sponsored by Information Security Magazine
Posted:  26 Jul 2006
Published:  01 Apr 2006
Format:  HTML
Length:  3  Page(s)
Type:  Journal Article
Language:  English

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ABSTRACT:

Security practitioners have shouted themselves hoarse trying to educate users. But has it helped? Obviously, no: Phishing scams are still raking in money, viruses are still spreading, and countless users continue to use their cat's name as a password for their online bank account. In fact, it looks like the situation is getting worse rather than better.

The demographics of computing guarantee a constant influx of inexperienced users, each one representing a potential finger poised to click "OK" on the button that releases a Trojan into your network. Why are we still bothering trying to educate them? They aren't learning and they won't learn, so the payoff for user education appears to be near zero.
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