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Cybersecurity 101
May. 12th, 2017 10:01 amI overheard an interesting conversation the other evening.
I was getting off the tram and someone was talking to his mate. I only caught the end of the conversation. Bloke said "... 5352". Bloke's Mate was typing on his phone. Fortunately, Bloke's Mate then repeated the credit card number back to him. Then asked for the security code. I dare say if I started listening earlier, I would have heard Bloke's name as well.
This is the problem with cyber-security. You can add as many security safeguards as you want, but the weakest link will always be the idiot behind the keyboard (or touchscreen in this case).
I was getting off the tram and someone was talking to his mate. I only caught the end of the conversation. Bloke said "... 5352". Bloke's Mate was typing on his phone. Fortunately, Bloke's Mate then repeated the credit card number back to him. Then asked for the security code. I dare say if I started listening earlier, I would have heard Bloke's name as well.
This is the problem with cyber-security. You can add as many security safeguards as you want, but the weakest link will always be the idiot behind the keyboard (or touchscreen in this case).
