Season 1 · Episode 108

Security Alert Woes

IT pros could use a little break from security alerts. They get a lot of alerts. All. The. Time. While alerts are important, a barrage of them can potentially be a liability. It can cause miscommunication, creating over reactivity. Conversely, alerts can turn into white noise, resulting in apathy. Hence the adage: if everything is important, nothing is. Instead, should we be proactive about our security risks rather than reactive?

State of Cybercrime · Cindy Ng

February 8, 201818m 20s

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Show Notes

IT pros could use a little break from security alerts. They get a lot of alerts. All. The. Time.

While alerts are important, a barrage of them can potentially be a liability. It can cause miscommunication, creating over reactivity. Conversely, alerts can turn into white noise, resulting in apathy. Hence the adage: if everything is important, nothing is. Instead, should we be proactive about our security risks rather than reactive?

Articles discussed:

Heatmap reveals secret military bases
ICE gets access to license plate numbers
Does it matter if you put your password on a post-it?

Panelists: Cindy Ng, Kilian Englert, Forrest Temple, Kris Keyser

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