Category Archives: Information Security

You might have been avoiding it until now – thinking that social networking (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn …) is just a passing trend, or it’s only used by teenagers, or people only use it to exchange photos and jokes. But, if … Continue reading →

You can have the best content in the world – well-written and illustrated, perfectly aimed at your target audience … – and your program will still fail if the delivery is poor. Whether it’s a boring presentation in the classroom, … Continue reading →

In my experience, one of the most common ways that security awareness training programs fail is that the content of the awareness/training materials is wrong for the target audience. The mention of the audience is important here – what’s appropriate … Continue reading →

All too often, I hear about security awareness training programs that fail. Here are some of the reasons that I hear:   The information that they contain is inappropriate for the audience (usually far too complex). The presentation of the … Continue reading →

In a blog posting entitled “H1N1 and telework,” Akamai’s Senior Director of Information Security and Chief Security Architect, Andy Ellis, writes that: [H1N1] affects us in the workplace. If an employee has a small child and they don’t have a … Continue reading →