Total agreement. Reading is hard apparently :-/
On 8/19/15 11:25 AM, Hinkle, Jacob
(LNG-SBO) wrote:
It is
distressing the number of high ranking Cyber Security
credentials I see at the signature on the “Remove me from
this list.” Emails. So many people don’t/cannot read how to
unsubscribe from the list. What a great pre-made spear
phishing list for any one interested…
Complete with
phone numbers, titles, and email addresses all going out to
anyone who has subscribed to this list. I’d think the
Government personnel would be very concerned about OPSEC
considering the OPM breach and IRS frauds we’ve seen
recently.
Also, we all
know that they have been mandated to take security training
and Information Assurance training simply to access their
computers. Poor showing here. Not inspiring a lot of
confidence.
From:
[mailto:]
On Behalf Of Struse, Richard
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 11:13 AM
To:
Subject: [cti-users] PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE
MESSAGE
All,
I have a request for everyone on this
list. Please understand that there are over
1,600 people subscribed to just this one list and every
time someone sends a message such as “please unsubscribe me”
to the alias, over 1,600 people get that message. That is not
a good use of this resource.
As such, I implore anyone interested in unsubscribing from
this list to follow the instructions that have been provided
by OASIS staff:
1.
PLEASE do NOT send a message
to the list itself! PLEASE!
2.
Instead, send an email message to the mailing list
server:
3.
The server will respond to your message with a request
for confirmation: when you receive it, reply to that email
message
4.
If the instructions above are unclear, or if steps 2-3
seem to fail, please email (offline, without any CC to the
list):
Thanks!
Rich
PS: I know that I have just caused over
1,600 people to receive yet another message unrelated to using
STIX/TAXII/CybOX but I’m hoping that this will help everyone
understand the importance of using the right mechanisms to
handle administrative requests. J
Richard
J. Struse
Chief
Advanced Technology Officer
National
Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center
(NCCIC) and
Stakeholder
Engagement and Cyber Infrastructure Resiliency (SECIR)
Cyber
Security & Communications
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security
e-mail:
Phone:
202-527-2361
