This is true of the privileged of every vertical. Education just has more of them per capita. (The music industry and law firms are neck and neck for a close second)
*ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market...* On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 10:24 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > My experience was they were usually the ones that caused the most issues > including putting sensitive information in public places. > > Jon > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: IT sec pros surprisingly cavalier about mobile > security best practices > Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 01:56:19 +0000 > > > Every time a professor uses "Academic Freedom" as a reason that they > should have admin rights to a state-owned device used to access, process, > and potentially store private data about their students... a ninja kills a > kitten. > > > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jon Harris > *Sent:* Thursday, May 1, 2014 7:35 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: IT sec pros surprisingly cavalier about > mobile security best practices > > > > My personal experience working in higher Ed was anyone with a PhD after > their name always made it hard to take away permissions. They just felt > they knew EVERYTHING and anyone without a PhD knew nothing or very little! > > Jon > > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: IT sec pros surprisingly cavalier about mobile > security best practices > Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 23:52:42 +0000 > > I preach on this to every med-and-large organization I speak with. > > > > Higher-Ed doesn't seem to care (mostly), but CSOs and CTOs are very > interested.... > > > > There are some EXCELLENT solutions for this, for WP7.5+, iOS 6+, BB 10+, > etc. Android just sucks, but there are some workarounds you can apply to > get "improved" results (for "secure" Android, you basically have to throw > away whatever google version you are running, and run one of a couple of > other Android builds that supports secure containers). > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *David Lum > *Sent:* Thursday, May 1, 2014 5:37 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] IT sec pros surprisingly cavalier about mobile > security best practices > > > > http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=16783 > > > > > > > > *David Lum* > > *Network System Admin, Information Services* > > *office* 503-265-4728 | modahealth.com <http://www.modahealth.com/> > > *I'm excited to announce that ODS Health is now Moda Health. Please make a > note of my new email address, [email protected] > <[email protected]>, so we can stay connected.* > > This message is intended for the sole use of the individual and entity to > whom it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, > confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are > not the intended addressee, nor authorized to receive for the intended > addressee, you are hereby notified that you may not use, copy, disclose or > distribute to anyone the message or any information contained in the > message. If you have received this message in error, please immediately > advise the sender by reply email and delete the message. > > > > >
