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A comment on Pentagon hit by ‘critical compromise’ of US Air Force communications – report. Parent comment

Re:Pentagon hit by ‘critical compromise’ of US Air Force com... by burnished on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:16PM (#36922967)
isn't the security benefit from people genuinely not being confused and making accidental disclosures? You phrased it more focused on penalties applied after a failure which to my novice understanding is too late (and ineffective anyway).
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Re:Pentagon hit by ‘critical compromise’ of US Air Force com... by mlyle on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:26PM (#36923038)
Absolutely one reason is why people follow confidentiality rules is fear of punishment.

I mentioned both:

- It prevents people from not knowing something is sensitive and mishandling information

- It prevents people from claiming that they didn't know something was sensitive after mishandling information

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