Information Security Acceptance and the new Bangalore Airport: From rejection to slow acceptance
Posted on June 4, 2008
Filed Under Information Security Awareness |
Hello All,
Sitting at the new international airport in Bangalore, I was thinking about the hue and cry the new airport raised. Of course, the fundamental problem was not the airport in itself, but the connectivity from the Bangalore City to the airport. But, unfortunately, the airport ended up as the villain of the piece. Readers from India, may be familiar with the whole story.
In spite of all the issues that is raised, I am sure that it is only a matter of time before the airport proves it’s worth. The simple reason being that for “1″ negative aspect, there are a “100″ other positive aspects to the new airport.
Sometimes, information security works in the same manner. For the end-user information security means “restriction”. This means restriction of internet access, email, where you can go within the company, where you cannot go etc. Hence, initially, similar to the Bangalore airport, the acceptance is low. But over a period of time, people start seeing the positives. Some of the positives of good information security are,
- More business, because customers are more confident
- This means, employees get more rewards (pay, promotions etc.)
- More business means, the company earns more respect, which in turn makes employees proud and gather more self esteem
Good information security has many intangible benefits that people should see through. Of course, a good information security manager will be able to see this and slowly guide his workforce through the period of change. Just like the new Bangalore airport
Anup
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