Why Your “Security Culture” Is Apparently So Fucking Important (According To These People)

Right. As if I don’t have enough to deal with. This article – and believe me, I *read* it, don’t ask – basically whines about how your average user is a complete liability. Shocking, I know.

Apparently, all the fancy firewalls and intrusion detection systems in the world are useless if Brenda from accounting clicks on every phishing email she gets because she thinks it’s a coupon for shoes. They’re banging on about “human error” being the biggest risk factor – like people aren’t already stressed enough.

The gist? You need to actually *train* your employees, make them aware of threats (as if they weren’t already bombarded with warnings), and foster a culture where reporting suspicious activity isn’t met with “Oh, just another idiot mistake.” They want you to build trust, encourage open communication, and generally treat people like… well, not complete morons.

It also bleats on about things like tabletop exercises (pretend hacking scenarios – riveting) and making security part of the company DNA. Honestly, it’s a lot of hand-holding for what boils down to “don’t be stupid.” And they mention AI is helping with threat detection but still needs humans… because apparently robots can’t deal with Brenda either.

Look, I get it. Weakest link and all that jazz. But seriously? You need a *culture* for not being hacked? Just tell people to think before they click and fire the ones who don’t. Problem solved. But noooo, we have to have “awareness programs” and “psychological safety.”

Whatever. Do what you want. I’ll be over here predicting the next zero-day exploit.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/why-your-security-culture-is-critical.html

Anecdote: I once observed a sysadmin disable two-factor authentication on the entire network because “it was annoying.” He then complained about the subsequent breach. Seriously. Some people should not be allowed near computers, let alone responsible for security.