We moved one of our departments to another building during renovation, and we took bets on the number of people who would forget their password because they were in a new environment. Out of 50 users, 10 obviously situationally unaware people said "What is this? ctrl-alt-what? I have never had to do this before. Password? What password?" I am not afraid of social engineering at my company..what I am afraid of is that these same people drive on the same roads as I do at the same time..I changed my schedule, now I work late:) On a somewhat related note, we had a remote branch user who complained he could not access the network. After a little investigation, it turned out he had a laptop that had not been powered off for 2 years. The branch had a power outage and when the power was restored, his computer booted up but prompted him for a logon. He thought the power outage destroyed his computer. User un-awareness on this level is the ultimate defense against social engineering;)
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We moved one of our departments to another building during renovation, and we took bets on the number of people who would forget their password because they were in a new environment. Out of 50 users, 10 obviously situationally unaware people said "What is this? ctrl-alt-what? I have never had to do this before. Password? What password?" I am not afraid of social engineering at my company..what I am afraid of is that these same people drive on the same roads as I do at the same time..I changed my schedule, now I work late :) On a somewhat related note, we had a remote branch user who complained he could not access the network. After a little investigation, it turned out he had a laptop that had not been powered off for 2 years. The branch had a power outage and when the power was restored, his computer booted up but prompted him for a logon. He thought the power outage destroyed his computer. User un-awareness on this level is the ultimate defense against social engineering ;)