http://www.infosecblog.org/2009/01/user-education/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:04:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.infosecblog.org/2009/01/user-education/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Dwayne Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:55:12 +0000 http://www.infosecblog.org/2009/01/user-education/#comment-327 I've found that it can be very effective if I keep up the user training via email . Simple reminders and generic cases in short, easy-to-read and understand language help keep infosec in the minds of the users. On the other hand, firing off warning messages about specific viruses is kinda pointless and never seems to work. Regarding newsletters and the security awareness website, it seems the only people who actually read that are the IT staff. Even then, it's a relatively small readership. Too much doom and gloom seems to have turned off the readership. I’ve found that it can be very effective if I keep up the user training via email . Simple reminders and generic cases in short, easy-to-read and understand language help keep infosec in the minds of the users.
On the other hand, firing off warning messages about specific viruses is kinda pointless and never seems to work.
Regarding newsletters and the security awareness website, it seems the only people who actually read that are the IT staff. Even then, it’s a relatively small readership. Too much doom and gloom seems to have turned off the readership.

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