Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> While I certainly commend your caution, it's pretty much a fact of life
> that more and more of our day-to-day services will be offered through the
> Internet.
Through the internet is one thing. Through the internet on someone elses
systems, with absolutly no control over the data or securtiy is another.
I would use it for personal use, but I would never trust my companies
data on there. That isn't practical from either a technology or business
stand point. If someone puts a contact list on the web, and it gets
compromised, then that becomes a major liability to the company.
> When RH offered me their IPO stuff, I sure didn't turn it down
> because confidential financial info of mine would be on E*Trade, and there
> are ooooodles of folks who use SSL to transact zillions of dollars of
> business a day, as well as checking (say) bank records, paying bills, etc.
I won't deny that millions of people make billions of transactions every
day over the internet. I myself do almost all of my shopping via the
web. However, I don't think that it is a comparison. I highly doubt that
you will find companies putting their potential customer lists or
financial status on the internet. Company data should be housed
internally, and not be accessable by anyone outside of the company.
> Is it as secure as we could hope? Hell, no. And there are going to be
> some substantial growing pains until it's "gotten right," if, indeed, that
> can ever happen.
Growing pains aren't bad, but I can't see myself using that as an excuse
as to why another company just called all of our customers, either.
Kenny
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Kenny Lussier
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