In order to keep its products safe, Google has adopted a philosophy of 'security as a cultural value'. The programme includes mandatory security training for developers, a set of in-house security libraries, and code reviews both by Google developers and outside security researchers.
"The most important thing that our security team does is educate," Petry explained.
"Educating people is the most important thing a security professional can do. "
Petry contended that in an age where both users and companies are increasingly relying on outside services and applications, it is becoming nearly impossible to fully lock-down a company.
Full StoryAnybody that knows me, knows I agree with this 100%. Users can put the best virus and spyware software on their machine, but if they continue to be idiots, then it will do no good. I look @ the internet like a road. If you don't know what you are doing, you could probably end up killing us all (or at least our computers). If people won't wake up, then the problem will never stop. The best security suite is an informed user.
