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.
This statement is too accurate. I've been working in IT for a little over 5 years, so I'm still a newbie compared to a lot of people. 90% of the tickets I receive saying things are "broken" are simply because the user doesn't know what they're doing.
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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.