InfoSec: Fraser Will Argue that Technology Should Take a Back Seat

Posted on January 23rd, 2012

Julian Fraser will argue that technology, standards and compliance should all take a back seat when it comes to advancing the Information Security message to businesses and the public at large.

According to Fraser, “The information security industry is caught in its own vortex driven by complex technology, compliance and audit regimes. This makes it especially difficult to communicate with those outside.”

The Data Eliminate Director will be making his case at the Information Exploitation Event (IEE) at Security and Policing 2012 during a session entitled “InfoSec is a Dirty Word” which will explore why information security has not received the attention it demands in business and civil society.

“The communication focus around InfoSec should shift to simple measures that can be taken to improve information security even before a computer is switched on,” Fraser suggests, “ Basic data hygiene, protecting sensitive data and disposing of it properly are things people can literally learn at home.”

Fraser urges the industry to find and appoint champions who can communicate such messages to the public at large.

“Once people have absorbed the simpler messages and begun to modify their behaviour, security and compliance might come back to the fore,” he summarizes.

Professor Sadie Crease of Oxford University and Colin Cowan, Head of Group Co-ordination, Intelligence and Investigations Security & Risk, Business Services, RBS will be joining Julian on the panel on 31st January 2012.

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