With the recent infection of Windows-based devices in the millions this past week, an *average* global infection rate at 98%, coupled with the largest data breach we've seen to date with Heartland (American Express, Discover, MC, VISA, etc. processing hundreds of millions of transactions from hundreds of thousands of establishments) it is the third such mass strike in a two-week window.

That is just a mere visual observation of the "global state of security". Not to sound so doom and gloom. Facts. Scan your security breach news. Find them all and head to your nearest Valium bottle.

We are entirely at fault in the end user computing education of the security spectrum. Those of us that built this very infrastructure and were initially bound to command lines and amazed at Motif. We enabled the end user and skipped the driving lesson.

-- there is no difference in handing a toddler the keys to a Porsche and putting them behind the wheel during rush hour on a freeway -- and -- a novice user connecting via Wi-Fi at every free spot with bluetooth enabled on their smartphone using their brand new laptop (or Mac) IM'ing and P2P'ing their latest iTunes.

Simply, everyone is a hop away or a port away from a prisoner, a malicious foreigner, a deviant, etc. There's no real electronic prison for the bad guys on a day-to-day basis.

Users are so conditioned to click OK and Next, that malware is clicked and installed. Definition files go without updates; patches not applied to the OS; visiting any and every website without ever tweaking the Security settings... this could go on infinitely.

I have witnessed this, sadly enough.

It's time for a "PC Health Clinic" and unified info security industry / global alignment because the endpoints, as zombies attacking our networks and vomiting identities by the millions sure isn't helping.

Imagine being on the other end of the breach. Security is a pricey, pricey afterthought in each and every IT infrastructure. It touches everything and everywhere. People see security as a pain in the ass as opposed to saving their ass. And having a BUDGET in *this* economy? Ha! I am not defending a repeated breach; perhaps industry infosec reputed vendors provide a "security bailout" to all of the major Big Six employment job seeking sites and do some pro bono work. Good old fashioned Good Will to the people who have been hardest hit and are truly the lowest common denominator as computer usage. C'mon, give peace a chance.