Oh, the FDIC and a few others would most likely have a lot to say about having a machine out that had banking/PII on it. I know the company I work for laptop drives are encrypted and once they are sent to the discard pile the drives and RAM are removed. Drives go through a multi-step process of wiping unless they are to be recycled within the company. They still get step one which is a licensed disk wiper, wiping the drive. The final step is physical destruction either by IT or a private company hired to do the destruction, if it is set for no further use. Using your own time to do work for a company contracting you is up to you. I personally would resist the idea. I have done the whole "work must be done so do it" garbage. My current day job does not encourage staff to work off the clock, even though they do supply laptops so you can if necessary do that. Separation of Duties causes some staffers to occasionally work from home to fix issues. As with most places sometimes only one person my be well versed in dealing with some process. Jon Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Freeware in a corporate setting From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 18:12:58 -0800 To: [email protected]
I,agree,with Ken on the licensing. As a former contractor myself I'd bring it to the attention of the employee I report to in writing to cover my south end.The FDIC might have something to say about a contractor being in possession of a laptop off-site that may have sensitive info on it. On Jan 28, 2015, at 18:10, "Ken Schaefer" <[email protected]> wrote: Really the whole issue has nothing to do with freeware, but whether you might be in breach of a license? (which can equally happen when using pair-for software). Why don’t you read the license attached to the software if you are that concerned. The time-sheeting thing is not a technical problem – this seems to be asking you to do work on your own time, that you’re not getting paid for. Cheers Ken From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of D R Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2015 12:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] Freeware in a corporate setting This is an open question to everyone on this list. Thanks in advance. Question: What would you do if a company 'requires' you to download freeware to be used in a corporate setting? Issue: Currently on a contract and the employer is requiring the technician(s) to download software from the net to wipe hard drives for a computer swap out. Old computer needs the hard drive wiped. But, they want the technician(s) to download freeware and use that in a corporate setting. But, these computers are in a corporate/bank environment. They have allocated only so much time per machine to perform a capture/backup of the user profile and a restore to be done. Once the restore is complete, they do want the user to verify if all of there software, (MS Office, etc.,) before the wipe is done on the drive. I don't mind using freeware to work on mine, or a friend's computer, to get something taken care of. But requiring the technician to download and use freeware in a corporate setting is something entirely different. Don't most of the EULA/GNU License agreements stipulate it is ok for the software to be used, for individual use, but in business/corporate setting that a multi-use/group license must be purchased? Also, if you were the technician, and a manager, who is in charge of this contract, told you it was 'ok' to take home a laptop/desktop so you could finish doing the wipe of the hard drive, after you have submitted your time, wouldn't you find that suspect? I do. And on so many levels, too. Thoughts? -- Daniel Rodriguez [email protected]
