Peter G. Neumann, editor of the long-running Risks Digest newsletter, writes about reaching a broader audience:
My note in RISKS-23.96 on 20 years of putting out issues of the ACM Risks Forum has led me to reflect further on what we have accomplished in the way of progress and what remains to be done.
The basic problems considered here keep recurring. Whatever progress might be made in computer-related technologies and their applications has not been reducing the threats, vulnerabilities, and risks related to the systems upon which we individually and as a civilization depend most. Overall, this leads me to a sense of frustration that the Risks Forum has been largely preaching to the choir, and that our message is not getting through to those who really need it most. All of you regular RISKS readers are likely to be totally unsurprised by the items that you read here --- they are just more of the same. Occasionally we might gain a new convert in the understanding of the depth of problems of what is wrong and what is needed to meaningfully address those problems.
Somehow we need to be able to reach out professionally and effectively beyond the RISKS audience. [...]
Go read the rest here and contact him if you can help: Risks Digest Volume 24: Issue 2 -- The Time Has Come: Taking Our Issues to the Public
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