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.'"

Comments

Solution in three easy steps:

[Anonymous Crowhead]

1. Get rid of IT department
2. Let company infrastructure rot
3. Rehire IT department

Sounds like a management decision to me.

Re:High school janitors

[Neil Blender]

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.

It's true, I suppose

[Otter]

I'm definitely motivated to stay out of trouble in order to keep them the hell out of my computer...

Wallet Inspector

[Anonymous Coward]

"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