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> This reads to me as “identifies people that should be managed out” That's a very pessimistic outlook I think. I work as a consultant for a company with appr
by httpsterio 6y ago
> This reads to me as “identifies people that should be managed out”
That's a very pessimistic outlook I think.
I work as a consultant for a company with approx 100 employees. Average age of workers is somewhere around 45 and most aren't really that good with computers, decent at best.
I've handheld their digital security officer when he configures a Zoom webinar. So far, he hasn't been sure enough to do it all alone and still asks me to check the settings.
This company produces word documents as their core business and if their digital security representative is that bad with computers, you can probably guess the average skill of the rest of the company.
Nobody is getting fired though, they still get the job done and management invests in training. I'm currently helping build their entire IT ecosystem and one key aspect of the tools selected, is that it's simple enough to teach to their employees. I'm sure they'll love those metrics as they can actually see the biggest pain points and proactively do something about it.
- sbergot 6y agoMicrosoft tries to soften the pill with positive vibes, but they literally named their product "productivity score". As a manager, I would expect a "productivity score" to reflect the productivity of my employees. If someone has a low productivity what should I do? Of course I can provide training. I should also avoid raising his salary. And when I have to fire people, I will fire people with the lowest productivity. I don't think this is a cynical or pessimist point of view. It is exactly what Microsoft is selling here.
- tester34 6y ago>So far, he hasn't been sure enough to do it all alone and still asks me to check the settings. Hey, but at least he cares about security and instead of doing it badly, he reaches the expert!
- Nullabillity 6y ago> digital security officer [...] Zoom webinar Yeah, there is definitely an incompetence problem here.
- prepend 6y agoIncompetent in Zoom, super competent in digital security. Lots of people are incompetent in things that aren’t important. Feynman famously said he was incompetent in administration [0] to stop people from assigning admin work. Competence isn’t a universal trait where people are perfect in everything or stupid in everything. I don’t get mad at a wizard because he’s incompetent at full plate. [0]
- Nullabillity 6y agoNo, the point was that anyone who remotely cares about security wouldn't touch Zoom with a 10m pole.
- prepend 6y agoI don’t think that’s true. It depends on what you’re using zoom for and how. Tons of security conscious people use zoom, and use it appropriately. I assume any firm big enough to have a digital safety officer is going to have some large user base needing and using zoom.
- Nullabillity 6y ago> It depends on what you’re using zoom for and how. No, it really doesn't. Zoom has had so many incidents at this point where the client would compromise endpoint security that the only reasonable approach is to consider any computer that has ever had the client installed to be infected. Yes, there are precautions you can take to reduce the risk (burner VMs, and so on), but as a security professional you have a responsibility to lead by example. You yourself might be safe, but you're effectively telling everyone that Zoom is an acceptable platform to use, and that's just completely irresponsible.