Re: Security Tips

["Greg Merideth" <gmerideth () ftnj net>]

The "problem" with a weekly security tip is you will find yourself
using less informative or effective tips just to "push content".  When
the tips become less security related and more of the "don't mix
bleach with clorine near your desk" you will find that nobody reads
them.  If you can push it, move your tips to a monthly format, even
repeating the tip for a month and take the time to come up with good,
informative security tips that can make an impact.

We send out monthly tips to our customers taking the time to write an
effective tip versus churning out less useful information.

We found that by tying the tips to a streaming flash video clip of our
test desktop can also be very effective in driving home the point.
Telling a user how to handle the "you've just been infected" fake IE
windows can be driven home to a greater degree if you can show the
user what you mean through a captured desktop session video.

In this case, less, but more important content would be the way to go.

p.s. did you do the tip about pressing windows+l to lock the desktop
versus going the ctrl-alt-del route?

> El jue, 01-06-2006 a las 08:03 -0700, Turner Falls escribió:
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > The most dreaded aspect of my job is coming up with a
> > "Security Tip" for our company internal newsletter
> > every week.  Each tip must be geared toward a general
> > audience of 3000+ people.
> >   So far I have done tips on strong passwords, doing
> > control-alt-del when leaving your desk, screensaver
> > passwords, protect laptop from theft (ie don't leave
> > in back seat of car, amazing how many do that...),
> > clean desk policy, backing up data, and dealing with
> > spam, spyware and phishing.  But I'm at my wit's end
> > to come up with more.
> >  Googling 'security tips' brings up a million sites,
> > but they all regurgitate the same basic ideas I just
> > mentioned.
> > Any suggestions?
> >
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