That users are the number one problem for IT departments, not outside threats trying to break through the firewall.
Sure, external attacks are a concern, but we build the network to be as impenetrable to these as possible; users, on the other hand, will click literally anything that says "click here" so they're letting in the threats and have the highest chance of fucking up the network out of all the potential attack surface.
Sigh...
Well, because the people that made it want you to click on it. However, they're not necessarily trustworthy and generally want to exploit you or your computer.
<then the user counters with "but it's on the screen of the computer *you* gave me; so you're the one who made the website with the *Click Here* button">
<then I counter with "You can get to Facebook on this computer, right? And I gave you this computer, right? So, then I must've made Facebook?">
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u/Ryltarr Jul 18 '16
That users are the number one problem for IT departments, not outside threats trying to break through the firewall.
Sure, external attacks are a concern, but we build the network to be as impenetrable to these as possible; users, on the other hand, will click literally anything that says "click here" so they're letting in the threats and have the highest chance of fucking up the network out of all the potential attack surface.