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Re: Role of Campus Police.
From: Willis Marti <wmarti () TAMU EDU>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 07:37:41 -0600
I really am of the opinion that if we can get to the point where everyone knows his or her role in the protection of information, we won't have much need for security specialists.I agree with this point. It's pretty rare that anyone has to engage a security consultant to lock your house at night. Effective (read: sufficient for typical deterrence levels) security should become as intuitive and easy as possible for the average user.
Apt analogy, but I disagree with the conclusion. Locking one's house may deter the casual thief, but does almost nothing against an intruder with even a minimal skill set. Educating users is nice but will not be sufficient. If one wants to minimize the need for security specialists, one has to eliminate (minimize) the intruders and/or harden the system. The most intuitive action for a user is "do nothing". Most people will always have something to grab their attention with higher priority (for them) than security. Cheers, Willis Marti Associate Director for Networking Computing & Information Services Texas A&M University ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
Current thread:
- Re: Role of Campus Police. Antonio Quesada (Jan 31)
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- Re: Role of Campus Police. Gary Dobbins (Feb 01)
- Re: Role of Campus Police. Willis Marti (Feb 01)
- Re: Role of Campus Police. Tom Bossie (Feb 01)