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West Virginia Offers Free Cybersecurity Training To the Elderly (axios.com)

Posted by msmash on from the how-about-that dept.

West Virginia's Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who's currently running for U.S. Senate, announced Tuesday that he's partnering with two local community and technical colleges to connect senior citizens with college students for free cybersecurity training. The announcement comes amid rising cyber scams, many of which are targeted at elderly.

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  1. Good luck... by The+Original+CDR · · Score: 3

    I tried explaining to my father to 1) not to look at naughty bits, 2) don't use his debit/credit card when prompted by a scary security warning to buy THIS SOFTWARE RIGHT NOW, and 3) don't interrupt the weekly scan from the AV software that I installed. Never works.

    1. Re:Good luck... by Opportunist · · Score: 2

      Pretty much this, yes. I had a similar discussion with my father recently that ended in "Dad? I'm responsible for the IT-security of a large international corporation, my job literally is to know IT-security. You decide to get your security information from a journalist whose job it is to keep you sitting through the ad block to hear the rest of his drivel. Ponder for a moment who you think knows more about how to secure your damn computer."

      And him storming out with a "I was just saying, jeesh, can't I say anything anymore!"

      It doesn't matter whether your beard starts turning grey, for your dad, you're still the little boy. Forever.

      --
      We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
  2. Re:Chock full of Cyber Goodness by llamalad · · Score: 2

    What people call this topic is a great indicator of how well they understand two things: the topic itself, and marketing.

    People who have actual technical chops in the field tend to call it Computer Security, IT Security, or Information Security.

    The clueless, and the people marketing to the clueless, call it Cyber Security.