A lot of people forget where they’ve come from. They forget the trial and error methods involved with them becoming a more self-sufficient person with whatever facet they are rising through the ranks in. When they supersede their peers and when those peers become ‘users’, they move from being in a communal mindset that tries to help one another while helping oneself to one of contempt as to why your (former) peers did not come up to speed as fast as you.

That said, there has been a calling from people in the information security industry like Chris Nickerson and Jayson E. Street who make points about the lack of collaboration in the industry (Nickerson) and how empowering the users can act as a first line of defense for an organization’s security (Nickerson/Street). While the idea of empowering users has been quietly championed by many industries, the thought of empowering users can be a hard sell to an organization. Even if you do get the okay to begin educating your users, that can prove to be an uphill battle with how technology is marketed to consumers/users.
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