Comment Repetition (especially to fools) is constructive (Score 2, Interesting) 196
For decades, in some cases centuries, there have been known bad and good approaches to security and still people violate evidence and common sense on security.
Security professionals know there are certain basic ideas to apply towards security. If they consult, they apply the same basic lessons again and again to several people and often repeat themselves to repeat customers. If the work as a security profession in one organization, they repeat the same thing for their whole career.
The good thing about Schneier's blog is he takes the rudimentary ideas of security and shows the diversity in their applications.
If repetition wasn't necessary, there wouldn't be a plethora of security sites, publications and blogs - or the abundance of exploits, succesfuly viruses, worms, etc.
How many of you don't have a relative whose computer you can sit down on and immediately find some spyware, adware, trojan, virus or other bugger? Can you quiz them on how to handle their id online and on the phone without tripping them up?
Security professionals know there are certain basic ideas to apply towards security. If they consult, they apply the same basic lessons again and again to several people and often repeat themselves to repeat customers. If the work as a security profession in one organization, they repeat the same thing for their whole career.
The good thing about Schneier's blog is he takes the rudimentary ideas of security and shows the diversity in their applications.
If repetition wasn't necessary, there wouldn't be a plethora of security sites, publications and blogs - or the abundance of exploits, succesfuly viruses, worms, etc.
How many of you don't have a relative whose computer you can sit down on and immediately find some spyware, adware, trojan, virus or other bugger? Can you quiz them on how to handle their id online and on the phone without tripping them up?
