Monday June 08 2009

Just read the latest research from security firm Sophos that suggests 9 out of 10 work PCs fail on basic security. Not much surprising here, except that if this is the state of PC security in a corporate environment, where there are "people" to take care of these unsecured PCs, what must things be like in the consumer environment?

Whenever I do presentations to Chambers of Commerce and other local groups, one of the first questions I ask the audience is how many of them can tell me right then, for certain, that the firewall on their personal or work computer is actually switched on.

Only around five to ten percent of hands go up and most of those very slowly and cautiously. Just more evidence that the message of individual awareness and personal responsibility are not getting through.