----- Original Message ----- > So many absolutes in one paragraph! > > How do you define "critical"? Is "critical" about uptime or privacy?
In the context of my statement, "critical" refers to any content that needs to secured from unauthorized access. "Unauthorized access" is defined by my access policies. I'm feeling a fit of BNF notation coming on ;). > I used to feel the same way: I would never put critical information > on someone else's server. Then I worked for a CEO that wanted to use > SalesForce.com. OMG! Our valuable, valuable customer data! Sales > information! Customer lists! Financial data! > I fought against moving to Salesforce but the CEO said "managing risk > is the responsibility of the CEO. You're job is to inform me of the > risks. I've taken them under advisement." Well, switching to > Salesforce.com turned out to be one of the best things that company > every did. I agree with your past CEO's statement, in general. In my case, I'm referring to _my_ content, not a business's. I'm not willing to accept the risk of storing my "critical" content via cloud storage services. I'll use those services for most other things, though. > We, as system administrators, often forget that these trade-offs > exist. Yes, my job as a sysadmin necessarily requires that I take the business's needs and goals into consideration. I handle my bidness by my own internal policies. > > There are no absolutes. So, then, perhaps not even the above statement can be true? Ryan _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
