Georges Brassens says in one of his song one will always remember the first time you've hugged someone. Not sure if this apply to blogs. However, now that I have more control over my time  (being no longer at Sun) I'll try to write down some of my thoughts. I choose a handful subject to ordonate my chaos but bloglines, for now, doesn't support classification. The last decade was spent in the Frankfurt area dealing with security issues at customer sites. It comes without surprise that my first blog reflect that. Something really clever when it comes to IT security is to use parallel to make your point. IT security is for most obscure. A good argumentation using  common sense on well known subject will help on much case.  Cars, castles, banks,  towns architecture, evolution,...no limit to your fantasy.
Look at highways, in most of the countries in europe it is quiet a safe place to drive. At least the statistic in France says so here.  Better at 200 kmh beetween Munich and Frankfurt than in Paris on a bicycle. Want some insigth how to  drive in germany? Look  here . In belgium, highways are like broadway, at least for my kinds. All this lights are for them amazing. That's why we have to drive by night when we visit our french family. I'm not sure how this affects security but what they are doing very well is communication. Every 20 km you will see beneath the road a big ads on addressing one valid point about security. At the moment it deals with belts and it is for kids, the next drivers. It's not a big deal but you can't miss it, and so your kids (remember the lights?).
During 10 years in diverse companies, I never saw any kind of communication on IT security. A lot have to be said. No idea? You should look into your company security policy! No one. Starts with "don't give your password away", "don't open unknow attachement", "lock your display while  you're away",...Communication is a huge need and can help a lot. Think escalation process, information flow, CERT, ....
To be honest at Sun we did recieved some emails about it security!bbr