Exclusive interview for IPSwitch: When Security Awareness Training Overwhelms Users, Can Technology Help?

A new article of Michael O’Dwyer got published in IPSwitch: When Security Awareness Training Overwhelms Users, Can Technology Help?

I am happy to say that I was the only one interviewed, so this is actually an exclusive interview with me.

 

“I would say that humans are the biggest problem, because they are the weakest link. It is true and quite normal that humans make mistakes,” said Sorin Mustaca, CSSLP, Security+, Project+, an independent IT security consultant.

 

“Unfortunately, there are more and more security companies out there which have a bigger marketing department than R&D. They have no problem in saying that they can offer protection against anything. Users should be careful when they read something like this and not blindly trust such marketing messages,” advised Mustaca.

 

Read the full article here: When Security Awareness Training Overwhelms Users, Can Technology Help?


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