Comments on: RSA confab: Boom times for security

No longer just for cryptogeeks, RSA Conference attracts big-name speakers, product launches, underscoring security's growing importance.

[Macsaresafer]

Hmmm,

So 90% of the population has been suckered-in to using the
world's least secure OS, and we're supposed to be surprised that
in the "security" industry "There has been significant growth."
Amazing.

Before some dimwit tries to claim that the Mac OS and other
OSes are just as vulnerable but don't have the market share to
warrant attacks, please note that pre-OS X versions of the Mac
OS had viruses. OS X's market share is larger than previous
versions of the Mac OS and it has been virus free for nearly 6
years! Cell phone OSes like Symbian have had viruses when they
had well under a million users, compared with the 30+ million
Macs in use today.

The fact is, Microsoft's laughable OS is generating big business
for the security industry. I'm not saying the Mac is 100% secure,
but neither is Fort Knox. Windows on the other hand, is like a 24
hour convenience store with no security cameras in a drug
infested part of town. It's just too easy and tempting a target.

[Marcus Westrup]

To be fair,

Security is not just keeping hackers off your network and out of your OS. Everything from social engineering attacks to properly disposing of company garbage must be taken into account. The company employee is often the biggest security risk not because of ill intent, but because he/she is not aware of how valuable that spreadsheet before them is to a criminal or corporate spy.

[jmanico]

SANS Institute

RSA shows are fluf, BS and total GLAM show with no substance. If you want a REAL security conference with true hands-on classes in a wide variety of security subjects, check out www.sans.org !