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I think we have a tone mismatch here. For instance if a user brought in a Mac the email would be something like "Hey, just saw $newdevice connected to corpLAN.

I think we have a tone mismatch here. For instance if a user brought in a Mac the email would be something like "Hey, just saw $newdevice connected to corpLAN. Remember that all company data needs to be saved to a share in order to be properly backed up. Also here's what you'll need to connect to email etc..." 1. Backups are performed regularly on devices I have control over. If someone stores their info on a personal usb flash drive and loses it what should I do? 2. So you're advocating an automatic kill of any unknown devices and then calling me a obstacle? "If they want it to work then they will call me". Does that sound helpful? 3. It's not a complaint, just information. The boss is responsible for that employee and would expect me to know when devices change. If the manager doesn't approve of personal devices that's between you and him. Most bosses don't have a problem. I'm trying to be helpful towards other IT people with methods I've learned to allow the users to BYOD while still managing expectations. Your response is "this is why everyone hates you! Because you won't do things the way I think you should have!"

yardie 15y ago
Sorry I might have been mistaken then. I've been both user and admin of the IT department and the amount of bullshit handwaving that comes from some of them is infuriating. I honestly believe that 25% get their jobs through nepotism because there is no way that IE6 should still be a requirement for any PC. 1. I share the same view. Once it leaves the network you're on your own. I encourage our users to backup to our servers because storage is cheap and if they are going to be using it for work might as well. 2. DMZ doesn't mean killing it just means your unknown device has a connection to the internet and that is all. Some users just want to bring in an iPad and aren't looking to get 802.11x certificates, 26-character WPA passswords, etc. 3. Unless someone is being a nuissance on the network I try not to get involved and even then I fire off an email directly to shut them up. I work for a software company so most users are really computer competent so I haven't encountered the "problem" user that most IT workers love to make fun of.

yardie 15y ago

Sorry I might have been mistaken then. I've been both user and admin of the IT department and the amount of bullshit handwaving that comes from some of them is infuriating. I honestly believe that 25% get their jobs through nepotism because there is no way that IE6 should still be a requirement for any PC. 1. I share the same view. Once it leaves the network you're on your own. I encourage our users to backup to our servers because storage is cheap and if they are going to be using it for work might as well. 2. DMZ doesn't mean killing it just means your unknown device has a connection to the internet and that is all. Some users just want to bring in an iPad and aren't looking to get 802.11x certificates, 26-character WPA passswords, etc. 3. Unless someone is being a nuissance on the network I try not to get involved and even then I fire off an email directly to shut them up. I work for a software company so most users are really computer competent so I haven't encountered the "problem" user that most IT workers love to make fun of.