Yeap and I warned him (multiple times) but I am not his dad or his mom so I
can't send him to his room without supper for ignoring me.

Jon

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> wrote:

> I bet when there patient information is taken by a
> backdoor/Trojan/Malware/Spyware, rootkit, and sold on the open market,
> and they are nailed for HIPPA privacy and other security violations,
> said DR would have thought twice about letting those users be
> administrators, which lead to the compromise of his information systems,
> that they are processing our PHI on..
>
> Z
>
> Edward Ziots
> Network Engineer
> Lifespan Organization
> MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +
> [email protected]
> Phone:401-639-3505
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 10:27 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: My OS is better than your OS (was: Mac Anti-Malware)
>
> On 5 Jun 2009 at 5:16, Jon Harris  wrote:
>
> > The biggest issue I see when dealing with the home/SOHO user is the
> > REFUSAL by the user to have two accounts on their system. One for
> > installing software and one for use. I face this everytime I get
> called
> > in to fix a system. Two weeks ago I got called into a doctors office
> > because one of his staff had been browsing the Internet and got
> infected
> > by a virus. Not only was the user an admin but the doctor when told
> > that was unsafe said he just wanted to keep the staff happy and let
> them
> > install stuff on his systems like screen savers, and other software
> they
> > found on the net. I tried for more than an hour to get him to let me
> > change all the users out of administrators. He just did not want to
> > change, he and his users like the ability to install what they see
> > without thinking of a user ID and password.
>
> Too bad there isn't a formal HIPAA standard that REQUIRES running as a
> non-
> admin in all situations where client data is being accesses.
>
> --
> Angus Scott-Fleming
> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
> 1-520-290-5038
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>
>
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