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Re:CIA Intercepts Underpin Assessment Saudi Crown Prince Tar... by baybal2 on Saturday December 01, 2018 @06:54AM (#18576391)
There was a bank in Russia that hired a dude better known under a moniker "Pchela" to enforce use of pgp, and infosec in general.

He devised a plan under which staff is trained, tested, and punished for incompliance.

Once the whole of banks ~1200 people staff got certified, they set a deadline for enforcement after which anybody caught will be fired on spot.

The day after the deadline they spotted ~60 people in the bank sending plaintext, or replying to an unsigned email. And among them, one director level employee.

They had to fire them all, including a directress who went on trying to suing them for years.

Re:CIA Intercepts Underpin Assessment Saudi Crown Prince Tar... by baybal2 on Saturday December 01, 2018 @08:05AM (#18576604)
I wanted to say here that powerful and smart people are not immune at all to doing stupid things if they have no discipline.
Re:CIA Intercepts Underpin Assessment Saudi Crown Prince Tar... by misnome on Saturday December 01, 2018 @09:24AM (#18576885)
This sounds interesting, but I can't seem to find the story. Any other information to help track it down?
Re:CIA Intercepts Underpin Assessment Saudi Crown Prince Tar... by baybal2 on Saturday December 01, 2018 @10:48AM (#18577218)
That's an account I got first hand. The bank in question is Asia Pacific Bank. A small regional bank in Russian far east.