Stupid Security?
In this month's PC Pro magazine, Davey Winder commented on the Information Security Awareness Forum (ISAF) concerning their recommendation to have "report abuse" links on web sites.
In his column titled "Stupid Security" in the Online Security section of Real World Computing, he says there are too many "click this" links on most sites and that a report abuse link on a fake site is likely to give you a fake answer. Very true.
But that doesn't get away from the problem that people still need to have somewhere to go to ask for help, to query account entries, to answer concerns or to report suspicious emails and web pages. That's why we have phone numbers printed on credit cards, bank statements and even on web sites.
The ISAF and its member organisations are doing more than many others, including their excellent Directors' Guides, and they didn't deserve this. Perhaps PC Pro will become a member and contribute to the effort to promote and improve information security awareness.
Posted on: 21 August 2009 at 08:14 hrs
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