I guess I've always seen security as a core skill for a sysadmin; it's always been a priority. The auditor can be helpful by making me think about areas where I haven't focused or can be like a cloud of black flies by coming up with makework exercises.
Carolyn On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:28 AM, leam hall <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Carolyn Rowland <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It's these kinds of audits that distract sysadmins from the security that > > actually makes things more secure. It drives a wedge between security > people > > and the sysadmins. > > > > Carolyn > > Yes and no. Keep in mind that security is one of the many skills a > sysadmin must have. Not everyone can or has made it a priority. So > auditable tasks become a minimal baseline for those that need it. > > Once that's done, however, you've met the absolute bare bones "keep > your job" minimum. Then you start pulling in ideas from security > experts, using tools like Puppet, nmap, nessus, and continuous > improvement to harden your area. > > Leam > > > -- > Mind on a Mission > _______________________________________________ > 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/ >
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