I am often asked about my virus policy. How do I prevent my network from being plagued by infections, hijacked, or spamed to death by ad-ware. Here is my philosophy…You best defense….is EDUCATION.
Many companies, big and small employ various software programs to routinely scan, detect and remove viral infections. Some software attaches itself you your inbox, and scans incoming and outgoing email, removing any threats before they even reach your computer. Company policy then describes these automated solutions, including a plan for ongoing updates of the software and may even include a quick training session with employees. This process can continue for several days, weeks, months, and even years without any serious outbreak. However, at some point, all of a sudden a large outbreak occurs, and the IT Guy is left holding the bag and scrambling around to find out why this has happened. Everyone’s machines are up to date, the policy is in place, what went wrong?
If you’ve ever found yourself in this situation, you’re not alone. Eventually, after performing countless tests and analysis you discover the infection appears to have initiated from a user who opened an email or visited a web page they trusted because it came from someone who they knew very well. The virus seems to have disabled to anti-virus software before it could detect a problem, and moved on to infect other machines of users who also believed the email and/or website to be safe.
What if STI (sexually transmitted infections) were defended against the same way as computer viri ?
First we remove any and all formal education, to people about STI’s and how they are transmitted (because there is no such computer virus equivalent)
Then we setup multiple databases of STI’s all over the internet, with removal instructions on how to cure yourself, or how you can pay a fee and have the antidote sent to you.
We would constantly receive emails in our INBOX about the most recent STI and how to avoid getting it.
Hoax ‘STI’s’ would be out there to scare people.
Condoms would be sold by "Anti STI" Companies, who would release a new version of the condom every month or so and charge you a regular monthly fee to keep your condom up to date.
The companies operations "health" manager would be assigned to develop a plan to prevent sexually transmitted infections.
Every employee would be given a condom when starting the organization
Condoms would be updated and released regularly whenever a new infection was discovered
A Corporate ‘safe sex’ policy would be written and released stating that all employees have been outfitted with appropriate protective equipment to prevent the spread of viral infections. Employees would be told not to engage in sexually activity with people you don’t trust.
Every so often, there would be a new blitz about the latest STI that is affecting companies world wide.
…The population, in general, would not really know what an ‘STI’ is, other then it is a ‘bad thing’ that can hurt you unless you use the most up to date protection provided by the Anti STI Company.
Would such a system work?
