I touched on my annoyance a bit last
week at the magical status that cybercrime "hackers" have achieved in
the mass media. I'd like to continue that thought this week with my opinion on
the most important link in the chain of information security, that's you. The
most secure systems in the world won't be if the human element isn’t trained
and educated to properly control the system and the information.
In October of this year the FBI released a new
educational website with grade-specific lessons for youth concerning internet
safety, the FBI-SOS Internet Challenge. First, since I myself am little more
than an overgrown child, I have to say that this website is actually pretty
awesome. We’re all familiar with the typical “uncool” after school special types
of lessons that get pushed to kids, and while the FBI site does push itself a
little further into Dungeons and Dragons territory than might be desirable,
overall it is a very cool educational tool.
The “internet talk” is fast becoming a requirement
of raising a child, and that cornerstone is the education part of the McCumber
Cube. Kids will figure things out, hell the only reason I’m so good with
computers is because of the amount of time I spent as a kid trying to circumvent
the restrictions my father put in place on the family computer. More explicit
educational material like this website would have been helpful, and I hope it’s
something that schools and parents can take advantage of. The internet is a
wild west, or as the FBI sees it, a magical island.
FBI site: https://sos.fbi.gov/
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