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Consumers Prefer Security Over Convenience For the First Time Ever, IBM Security Report Finds (techrepublic.com)
A new study by IBM Security surveying 4,000 adults from a few different regions of the world found that consumers are now ranking security over convenience. For the first time ever, business users and consumers are now preferring security over convenience. From a report: TechRepublic spoke with executive security advisor at IBM Security Limor Kessem to discuss this new trend. "We always talk about the ease of use, and not impacting user experience, etc, but it turns out that when it comes to their financial accounts...people actually would go the extra mile and will use extra security," Kessem said. Whether it's using two factor authentication, an SMS message on top of their password, or any other additional step for extra protection, people still want to use it. Some 74% of respondents said that they would use extra security when it comes to those accounts, she said.
Because you know that some dumbass in the home office is storing their admin passwords in cleartext for everyone to see.
The security auditors always focus on things like crazy password policies and front end security scans, but it's always something stupid like what I mentioned above that screws it up for the rest of us.
It means something still if public sentiment changes. Even if the difference between what people do and they say is huge if what they now say changes this much the chances are the masses move a bit and some less reckless and more competent of us will maybe prevail few % points more often than before. OC that will not be enough even if it is move in proper direction but better than nothing.
(. No system can guard against user stupidity.)
Users sometimes do stupid things. If you don't account for that, you are failing.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"