All it will take is one user using Torrent to download kiddy porn and the feds track it to your network for your company to have the doors closed by them. It will not matter to them if you "did not know" the content. You are facilitating their getting it and IF they stored it on your hardware they will seize all of it for full forensic analysis along with whatever they think might have some on it as well....like all the desktops and laptops as well as servers. I agree with Don and Micheal it is time to start looking for another job before your CIO brings the company down. You do not want to be there when "the shit hits the fan" it will and it might make it very difficult to find another job.
Jon -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kish N Kepi Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 11:24 PM To: Kish N Kepi Subject: [NTSysADM] OT: IT Philosophy We keep a lax environment - our users are local admins on their Windows laptops and we not stop them from installing any software they want - the only caveat I ever say is 'don't be stupid'. And yes, we are a hi-tech house, well beyond the startup stage. During a conversation about potential changes to the way we do backups today, I stated that the current back up routine specifically excludes most media files, and also that I'd used psexec to kill utorrent processes. My boss, who is actually quite knowledgeable in IT matters, had a response surprised me: why? Why not backup the media files? Why not allow torrent traffic? His points were as follows: 1. We give them laptops and smartphones and expect them to be available at all hours of the day - that's convergence of home and office life - why shouldn't we backup the photos of their kids, pets and vacations too? 2. Do we have bandwidth issues? We have a broad link to the internet and only at periodic peaks do we hit anywhere near our limit 3. Legality of torrents? Really? How many people care about the legality? 4. Malware? We have other protections in place. I couldn't come up with any answers that sounded reasonable to me, so at this stage, we're planning increase our backup storage capacity. Does anyone here have answers that I lack? Sorry for cross-posting, but I this question is bothering me, and I know that many people in this for a have strong, well-formed (and well-expressed) opinions Kish n Kepi
