Contrary to popular belief, Grandma is pretty savvy when it comes to cybersecurity; afterall, she has had to put up with Grandpa's antics her whole life. There are a few headlines stating Baby Boomers are more savvy than millennials in this area, but I'm not sure that has anything to do with cybersecurity. In reality, cybersecurity mirrors personal security, and personal safety. Does Grandma typically share her personal information? No, she's probably learned that lesson somewhere over the years. Does she jump on every "too good to be true" bargain (Nigerian Prince scams) she finds in an email? Nope, she's learned that lesson too. So what makes Grandma a perfect case study for cybersecurity?
Well, we love Grandma, and she doesn't get a lot of credit in this area, but Grandmas are special ladies and they can teach us a lot. They glue the family together, and communicate well (I'm generalizing here), and they willingly share life lessons in a compassionate way. Yet all these "new fangled" complex words in the computer world don't match up 1:1 so we can easily apply the lessons to cyber-land. Here are six "lessons" from Grandma, translated into cybersecurity terminology to help us understand WTH (What The Heck) it means today.
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AuthorI am a Doctoral Scholar at Colorado Technical University and a graduate of the Cyber Security Operations and Leadership program from the University of San Diego. I work in cybersecurity, and have accumulated twenty years in the IT industry. There are few IT roles I have not performed, which gives me great insights into making sense of all the IT confusion. Archives
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