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IT Departments Are A Security Risk
stlhawkeye writes "An article at Information Week asks the question - is your IT department a security risk? The thesis of the article is that rank-and-file employees will tend to engage in dangerous/insecure/irresponsible computing and internet behavior if they know that there's an IT department to clean up the mess. 'That confidence,' says the article,'leads workers to do risky, even stupid, things at work, such as opening questionable e-mail messages or clicking on unknown Web site links.' Employee education and training doesn't help, either: '[S]ome workers slough off responsibility for even knowing about threats. Workers in larger companies don't worry about being educated. Big company employees just don't see security as their responsibility.'"
1. Get rid of IT department
2. Let company infrastructure rot
3. Rehire IT department
Sounds like a management decision to me.
I'm almost 30 and I still use that justification when I leave my shit in a Wendy's parking lot after lunch.
You should be ashamed of yourself. Wendy's food is terrible.
I'm definitely motivated to stay out of trouble in order to keep them the hell out of my computer...
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
from TFA:
"One in three (34 percent) of U.S. users and more than one in four of those in Germany (29 percent) and Japan (28 percent) admitted they clicked on suspicious links or opened iffy e-mail because the computer equipment wasn't theirs."
Now I have to figure out which 4 out of the 12 guys on my mobile force need their laptop replaced with an etch-a-sketch. Time to send out some ebay spoof emails and see who responds...
I try not to laugh in death's face. I tend to make belittling comments and snicker behind death's back.
The IT department is clearly a security risk, let me explain. The IT folks have the ability to hit all the dangerous smut portals (without getting logged) and are thus are more likely to download the root kits that are often served up at some of the shadier bukkake portals (I wouldn't know...wink, wink) and thus infect the corporate lan. Management knows taking bigger risks could lead to bigger rewards. So, that's why they keep those smut-hungry IT workers around.
"It's like kids with over-protective parents will likely to get hurt/scammed/killed more easily when they're alone."
Homer: Guys, believe me, I didn't mean to get you expelled.
Nerd 3: Oh, don't worry, Mr. Simpson, we can take care of ourselves.
Snake appears, holding out his hand]
Snake: Uh, wallet inspector.
Nerd 1: Oh, here ya go. [All three give him their wallets] I believe
that's all in order.
Snake: Huh ho! I can't _believe_ that worked.
Homer: [realization dawning] Heyy...that's not the wallet inspector!
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F02.html
You are a lot more likely to roller-blade, sun-bathe, and bang skanky hos if you know there are doctors around who will set your broken bones, slice off your melanomas, and give you penicillin.
Why won't those doctors think of the children before they take dedicate their lives to medicine?
If you get punched in the face every time you drop a cigarrette butt on the ground, you're going to stop dropping them. The same principle should apply here.
Thanks a million. I just got fired for punching a co-worker in the face for not understanding the inner workings of sendmail.
-Valiss
Punching them in the face is probably against company policy.
Maybe zapping them with a spray bottle?