>> Then, suddenly, management will wake up >>and ask me why I could allow all these >>insecure practices to go on....
...but, they likely won't fund a true solution until they've been hit 3 or 4 times, OR everyone else is paying for that level of security. ASB http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB Save The Internet -- Keep Your Systems Patched! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 10:14 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Home PCs (was: SQL worm?) On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, at 7:02am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm not talking in the office users, but developers home machines. Ahhh, that's a whole 'nother can of worms. My personal feeling is that if it's being used for company stuff, it should be owned, controlled, and secured by the company's IT staff. Anything else becomes a quagmire and things can get ugly real quick. As VPNs and other forms of remote access over the Internet become more and more popular, I think we are going to see this become a huge problem. Suddenly, your security perimeter is pushed out into everyone's home. No managed OS, no anti-virus software, no security, and 32 different spyware/adware/P2P/backdoor/trojan programs running. The very idea of your average home network being used for anything important scares the living daylights out of me. Of course, this is all way too expensive, and nobody ever listens to IT, so I have to do set it up anyway, and wait for the excrement to hit the air circulating device. Then, suddenly, management will wake up and ask me why I could allow all these insecure practices to go on.... -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
