One of the consequences of the recent rash of published hacking incidents is that we may now have a contemporary sample size that's almost big enough to draw some meaningful conclusions about how much the general populace (and business) actually cares about information security. Incidents associated with Anonymous, LulzSec, Sony, RSA, News International and others are all now in the public consciousness. But will there be any real long-term impact of these hacks? For example:
How many mobile phone users have now set unique PINs on their voicemail rather than relying on the default values?
How many organisations have ditched their RSA tokens in favour of competing technologies?
How many PS3 users have abandoned the PlayStation Network for good? Or have they all (like me :-) been bought off by a few free games and promises that it'll be better next time?
If consumers don't actually care about security, what are the real drivers for continuing to invest in it? Do we really have to fall back on compliance as the sole driver?
It's fortunate for the security industry that there are still financial services organisations, IP-centric industries, gaming firms etc where the security of their systems and data is necessary for their continued survival.
But hey, I could be wrong and perhaps the recent incidents will drive new and improved behaviours - guess we'll just have to wait and see...
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