John PescatoreThe latest summer viral news item is Steven Slater, the Jet Blue flight attendant who claimed a rude passenger drove him over the edge. He seems to be gaining cult hero status, as many applaud him standing up to an ignoramus.
I dunno – as someone who flies a lot, I see a lot of flight attendants who take great pride in meaninglessly berating passengers because they can when that seat belt light is on. Sure, there are many safety rules that make sense, but there are a whole lot of airline rules that make no sense at all – and many that flight attendants seem to make up on an arbitrary basis. Is there some real reason why arm rests have to be down during take off and landing on some airlines?
Sounds a lot like the different viewpoints on security policy. Users think the security group just randomly makes up rules and arbitrarily many actions they think will make their life easier. Is there really a need to change passwords every three months?? The security group thinks users are a bunch of rude ignoramuses who actively try to screw things up. Is there really some business justification for loading Skype, other than to chat with your kids online??
As Einstein said “Its all relative to your frame of reference” but I’m actually on the passenger’s side in this one.
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1 But I’m trying Real Hard to be a Sullenberger | HackerSafe Security Related Blog for all August 22, 2010 at 3:15 pm
[...] read a couple interesting blog entries on Friday. John Pescatore asks “Are Security Professionals Like Stephen Slater.” In another blog, Foilball asks us to look in the mirror and see if we’re more Sullenberger [...]
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