RE: Need Horror Stories

["Rony Cohen" <Rony.Cohen () t-mobile co uk>]

Hi Donovan
Don't think you need to go far for horror stories. I don't know what
part of the voluntary sector
you are involved with, by I have a 2nd hand involvements via my partner.

I guess that you should consternate on what may happen to their clients
if sensitive data will leak
out of the organisation. i.e. organisation that deals with drug users,
or people with various disabilities
can be obvious target to abuse and blackmail if the data stored in the
organisation will leak out.
put the focal point on your colleges responsibilities towered their
clients - they will buy into that
rather then obscured stories on hackers.

good luck
        _rony

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On Behalf Of donovan () blackknightcomputerconsulting com
Sent: 28 May 2008 23:19
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: Need Horror Stories



Hi Jan,

Wow! After 19 years in the human services field and six years in IT I
think I DO "have a clue" what I'm really talking about. The last 10 of
these years was spent running one organization and on the boards of
three others. I've managed non-profits with budgets ranging from $0 to
$250k.

My challenge is that these folks are incredibly busy at the same time as
most are incredibly intimidated by technology. My goal here is to get
anecdotes that will enhance their buy-in on security. I have plenty of
solutions to offer; my challenge is to convince them to put the time
into implementing them. 

While I'm here, this is a public service workshop, not a "sales pitch". 
The solutions I'm offering are free; they just take work. This is what
creates my challenge. These folks are BUSY doing work that they enjoy. 
To ask them to invest time into something (IT security) that they don't
understand, and don't like, is a tough sell.

Donovan


 Hi Donovan,
 
 I would suggest that you start to analiyze your customers needs by 
 previous understanding in which field are they operating and how they 
 work. I dont think that its a good idea to ask here for "entertaining 
 horror-stories", they wont help you in your workshop if you have no
clue 
 what are you really talking about.
 
 Regards,
 Jan
 
 



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