Nail. Head. WHACK. People don't care about security. While I've mentioned that it's harder to implement in a large environment like a university (but they do try), I've found that small shops are often more lackadaisical about the issue. The ones I've helped don't have an IT person, and they generally think of security as being an issue for "the big guys" and not them.
Your suggestions before would be great for these people, but getting them to actually care is the problem. Of course, I could go on about the same regarding copyright violations, but it's just not worth it. Society will crumble I tell you! CRUMBLE! -Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Remus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:48 AM Subject: RE: Clean off > Well - again another angle - if your clients put an emphasis on security, > that would not be allowed. Having the AntiVirus update automatically solves > one of those issues, however if they seriously cared about their security, > they would not allow / prevent those settings from being changed. > Evidently, they don't place that high of an emphasis on this, however. > > Josh > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:56 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Clean off > > > > > > : > I suppose to a point Universities are a different breed, but > > only due to > > : > the student's computers. There of course shouldn't be a single > > : faculty or > > : > facilities computer infected. You can mandate their > > security/antivirus > > : > settings. > > : > > : Optimist. > > > > Having several clients that do not update their antivirus despite our > > warnings, change security settings without asking, and routinely manage to > > screw up by doing precicely what we tell them not to do, I have to agree > > with Jochem. Mandating is different from being obeyed. > > > > --BenD > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
