Perhaps I am missing something obvious (wouldn't be the first time), but it seems to me that the issuance of the alert was a very reasonable thing given that the credit union which received the CDs did not know that it wasn't a real attack when they issued it. Of course, you would think that whomever had requested the penetration test would have been watching for something like this and stopped the alert from going out, but that's a different problem...
I suspect the corporate policy in question states something to the effect of:
"Employees are encouraged to use e-mail for all communications with outside partner organizations whenever practical, so as to provide Microsoft with a written record of said communications for possible later use against the partner, except when public knowledge of this communication might reflect poorly upon Microsoft (in which case, the communication should be made only verbally, in person, with no witnesses)."
To be more efficent, you could use one or more conical shaped pieces of this material that are just large enough to surround a single person's head/upper-body. This could then be lowered down from the ceiling only when you need to use it. You could call it, "The Cone of Silence".
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Perhaps I am missing something obvious (wouldn't be the first time), but it seems to me that the issuance of the alert was a very reasonable thing given that the credit union which received the CDs did not know that it wasn't a real attack when they issued it. Of course, you would think that whomever had requested the penetration test would have been watching for something like this and stopped the alert from going out, but that's a different problem...
Now that I know the lawmakers are going to be briefed...
I suspect the corporate policy in question states something to the effect of:
"Employees are encouraged to use e-mail for all communications with outside partner organizations whenever practical, so as to provide Microsoft with a written record of said communications for possible later use against the partner, except when public knowledge of this communication might reflect poorly upon Microsoft (in which case, the communication should be made only verbally, in person, with no witnesses)."
Of course, I'm just paraphrasing...
If you're running Windows, I would recommend SyncBackSE (http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/sbse.html), which I expect you should be able to setup to do exactly what you asked.
Valuable, eh? I think I just figured out my new retirement plan!
And then it's fun with a pirate!
To be more efficent, you could use one or more conical shaped pieces of this material that are just large enough to surround a single person's head/upper-body. This could then be lowered down from the ceiling only when you need to use it. You could call it, "The Cone of Silence".