Windows Server 2003 Security: A Technical Reference

Reviewing Security Awareness

Security awareness is a state of consciousness in which individuals or groups are cognizant of security issues and what they need to do to mitigate threats. A different level of security awareness can be defined for different groups of people. That is, the ordinary computer user needs to know and practice different information security than the IT administrator. The user needs to have specific knowledge that will allow her to securely operate and use computer systems and manage sensitive information, including any information that might be used to compromise the organization's computer systems. The IT administrator, because she has more knowledge and more privileges on computer systems, needs to have the end user's ...