O'reilly Security Podcast - O'reilly Media Podcast

The O’Reilly Security Podcast: Speaking other people’s language, security for small businesses, and how shame is a terrible motivator.In this episode, I talk with Jessy Irwin, VP of security and privacy at Mercury Public Affairs. We discuss how to communicate security to non-technical people, what security might look like for small businesses, and moving beyond shame. We also meet her neighborhood gang of grannies who’ve learned how to hack back.Here are some highlights: Speaking other people’s language One of the first things I do when talking to non-technical people is to stop using jargon. The average person doesn't know what encryption is, and if they've heard of the word before, it probably is perceived as something for terrorists, not for them. Password manager is not an intuitive phrase to most people, so I could say, "Well, you need a password app," and suddenly the whole world becomes a different place for someone who didn't realize that such a thing exists. It’s important that we c