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If someone needs a tool to do their job, and they are supplied with a bad tool, there is a high chance they will use their own tool instead. If this goes poorly
by oofabz 11y ago
If someone needs a tool to do their job, and they are supplied with a bad tool, there is a high chance they will use their own tool instead. If this goes poorly, both parties are to blame.
Therefore if it is your job to keep communications secure, it is not enough to supply users with a secure system, it is also your job to supply them with a usable system.
- apalmer 11y agofundamentally as far as i can tell based on what i know of the details primarily based on the article here... sometimes in real life processes are by necessity awkward. 2 factor authentication is awkward, long complex alphanumeric password are awkward, not being able to use private thumbdrives on certain networks is awkwards... sometimes the secure alternative is awkward. she had as far as i can tell a usable system, i am under the impression it is usable because pretty much everyone else besides her and the president who have top level security clearance use the system and do their job...
- e12e 11y agoI remember seeing a great picture in a security presentation of some kind, and for the life of me I can't find it again. Basically it was a 10' tall sign outside of a maximum security prison that read: "Security is not a convenience".
- ethanbond 11y agoIt's weird that hundreds of thousands of other people with similar clearances don't run into this issue.