Thread: How do I reach these keeeds?

Seriously though, in a conversation today with my father, it came out that they run computers on Windows XP and use IE 8. That raised my eyebrows since they handle so much sensitive info. I've suggested Chrome/FF, but my dad doesn't think there's an issue. On a side note, on his Windows 8 desktop he bought a year ago...he insists on using IE 7.

How do I convey the importance browser security to a non-tech savvy person?

Some/most people won't learn until after it's too late.

People aren't afraid until they've experienced the terror of getting their identity stolen, getting an account hacked, etc. It's all just pushed the back of their mind because they don't think it could happen to them.

I've also wondered how to convince people to be smart but unfortunately there's no greater teacher than a true threat

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There is only one sure way to learn the meaning of hot. Same applies here.

How do you even roll back to IE7 on Win8? I didn't even think that possible.

You could always hack his shit and show him.

Originally Posted by Kanati8869

You could always hack his shit and show him.

haha Exactly what I was thinking... Dont let him know right away though. Let him sweat a while.

I don't know the type of information your talking about but.....

For HIPAA compliance a piece of software generally still has to be receiving security updates. As IE8 is tied to winXP that means April 2014. IE9 will die quickly after that as it is not widely used enough to have its lifetime extended like winXP was, and IE10 has a year or so after that. Then IE11 will be the only option to be compliant.

Perhaps legalese such as this is convincing?

Yeah, compliance with various regulations (Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, PCI, etc) would drive any business subject to those regulations to use an operating system and browser that are fully supported by the vendor. IE in and of itself really is not as insecure as it used to be. IE9 and forward are reasonably secure in comparison with Chrome/FireFox. The bigger concern would be the underlying OS.

Wow, and I thought the military was behind. You could just start showing him threats to that particular browser/OS combo. Links would probably be sufficient but you could give a live example or two. Not much you can do really...people tend to ignore security until it bites them in the ass.