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RMM is absolutely vital to securing systems. This is as ridiculous as suggesting we should just get rid of firewalls because there are vulnerabilities found in
by ocdtrekkie 5y ago
RMM is absolutely vital to securing systems. This is as ridiculous as suggesting we should just get rid of firewalls because there are vulnerabilities found in them. RMMs are how enterprise scale networks close off every other security hole on a network.
That being said, RMM tools have plenty of examples that they need to beef up their security practices or get replaced.
- stonogo 5y agoNo, RMM is the magic beans someone wants you to trade your cows for. All OS and networking vendors have better tools, but people pay for RMMs because they make a lot of promises and charge less money. People who use them will invariably get burned.
- ocdtrekkie 5y agoThis is... laughably and demonstrably false. Neither Microsoft nor Apple tools even pass muster for large-scale IT management. Generally speaking, you'll pay more for a worse product direct from the OS developers. In most cases, your Microsoft-based solutions are less secure (RDP) than pretty much anything else. Apple is pretty much going to give you the minimum glue necessary to use a third party tool (see Apple Business Manager).
- stonogo 5y agoRDP is not a systems administration tool. Windows ADK is table stakes. It and its associated tools can handle any scenario from two-person startup to tens of thousands of employees. This is why Windows Commercial alone is a multi-billion dollar business, and these third-party RMM tools are pilot fish.
- rixed 5y agoActually, I think that the rapid blossoming of firewalls everywhere in the late 90s was the first big step toward security theatre that I noticed in my career, and illustrate how we have a cultural problem. Blocking access according to port number is no substitute for lack of control and visibility over what services are spawned where.