Question

What is the most effective way to reach both the users and IT department staff about how important security policies are?

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I assume that the word in the above question is "teach" instead of "reach".

Security policies, as we know are very important when we talk in the context of IT, especially in scenarios where data privacy is given strong emphasis. Thus, both the end users as well as IT staff must be educated on how important security policies are. These messages may be spread effectively using these methods:

1. Organize monthly meetings in IT firms, where the focus of debate is the security policy of the present project that the team is involved in. They can discuss on how to improve the already exisiting security policies.

2. Organize internal hackathons where team members are invited to hack the project of other teams. This will expose flaws in the programs and the staff would be educated on its importance how best to tackle these.

3. Organize public hackathons once the program is released in beta versions and make the results publicly available. This has 2 advantages: the IT staff would really know the loop holes in their system and if the results are made public, the users would also be sensitised on the security aspects.

4. Run advertisements in the print and news media to sensitize the public on how important security policies are. For example ads which tell users about phishing and other malware attacks would educate the public and make them aware of the importance od adhering to safety protocols.

These are the most important methods. There may be other effective methods too.