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Originally Posted by sysadmn
... Unfortunately, one of the things you learn in a bureaucracy is how to get around it. If you don't educate users as to the operational security / comm security aspects, they see the rules as noise that can be ignored if they won't get caught. ...
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Agreed. And I'll be the first to tell you that people who figure that out are usually the only ones to get anything of substance done in a bureacracy. After all, Admiral Grace Hopper was the one who said that in a bureacracy "It is easier to beg forgiveness, than to ask permission."
There is a line though between getting things done and being stupid. The big problem is that most people didn't seem to think through to the next step and evaluate all known risks. There's a hell of a big difference between saying "The risk appeared to be justified under the circumstances for these reasons..." and "I didn't think..."