On balance
Gillian Metheringham believes that balance is too often mistaken for indecision
About a year ago I attended a presentation by a security expert on the subject of keeping your personal IT presence safe. It included using passwords with lots of letters, buying extra software to ensure your firewall was in tiptop shape, and filtering out any emails that contained certain words. ‘Be vigilant!’ he said. ‘You’re in a war with the hackers and the criminals, and you’ve got to make sure you win!’ He was an American, with a sort of ‘Kris Kristofferson’ beard and big chunky hands. He looked capable of running the hackers over with his Harley-Davidson motorbike if the firewall solution didn’t work.
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