Security Cartoons

Despite that the main goal of the initiative is to build better awareness among the average Internet user through security cartoons, it's also very entertaining for someone professionally in the field. The original press release :

"The cartoons we have developed obviously are not a textbook approach, not made for professional journals or geared to an audience of professional researchers," said Srikwan, who is the graphic designer of www.SecurityCartoon.com. "We wanted this to be accessible to anyone who uses the Internet -- general consumers, teenagers, teachers and anybody who banks or shops online. That's why the cartoon format is perfect -- everybody can relate to it. The cartoons cover online security issues such as phishing, pharming, malware, spoofing and password protection. But as opposed to most other educational efforts relating to these topics, the cartoons do not only teach its readers what to do and not to do, but why, too."

Is building security awareness in the age of malicious economies of scale worth the investment in terms of outsourcing the program details to an experienced vendor? You bet, and what I especially like about the cartoons collection is its vendor-independent position, namely it's not promoting the idea of the product concept myopia and product as the solution to the threat, but vigilance and maintaining a decent situational awareness while online. The rest is up to a vendor's marketing and sales department trying to hopefully get more customers and prove their solution outperforms the rest of the vendors, compared to a profit-margin centered vendor, trying to squeeze out the juice from a commoditized product or a solution but lacking any major differentiation points.

Here are two more great collections of security cartoons as well.