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Once had a conversation with a soldier who handled IT on base. He told me that officers could and did demand that he bypass security, VPNs, etc and install soft
by lowbloodsugar 5y ago
Once had a conversation with a soldier who handled IT on base. He told me that officers could and did demand that he bypass security, VPNs, etc and install software of their choice to use it on their computers. They outrank him, and "that's against policy" was not an argument. This was maybe ten years ago. Sounds like things have only got worse.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoI wonder who would be held responsible in case of security breaches. The IT soldier? The soldier who outranked him? Both?
- throwaway3neu94 5y agoSad that it works like this. As an engineer, I got some training by legal, followed up by a high level exec explaining to us that in this context, we report only to legal and are required to say "no" to engineering leadership when something would go against legal's policies. Also I think the military has something similar with medical officers. So it could be done right.