Chris Matyszczyk
for Technically Incorrect
| June 22, 2021 — 11:30 GMT (12:30 BST)
| Topic: Security
Can it work? It’s surely worth trying to animate people on the topic.
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It’s easy to admire those with lofty dreams.
Past research has suggested that millennials are twice as likely to ignore office IT rulese. Which warms CSC’s heart.
“The anime/manga strategy may be especially relevant for millennials and Gen Z, who grew up with anime in American pop culture,” said Koike.
So, I asked, does CSC teach its own employees this way?
“We create anime for our new employees so they can learn about cybersecurity basics,” said Koike. “We also utilize anime to teach our clients about security threats and countermeasures since, most of the time, they are unaware of certain strategies or don’t have enough knowledge regarding the topic.”
Wait, significant companies don’t have enough knowledge about cyberthreats? Could this be one of the reasons why they’re being hacked?
I can’t promise you cartoons will animate your cybersecurity. Somehow, those who created the internet-based systems upon which we rely didn’t sufficiently consider how easily they could be breached.
Still, it’s worth exercising a little imagination to make things even slightly better.
So, President Biden, perhaps cartoons are the way to get Americans to be more cyber-conscious.
Perhaps there might be some congressional money for this. After all, there are so many cartoon characters in Congress that they’ll surely all support it.
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Chris Matyszczyk
for Technically Incorrect
| June 22, 2021 — 11:30 GMT (12:30 BST)
| Topic: Security