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The above dystopia is in fact why most people hate IT. It's not the front line, it is the policies such as expoxying USB ports for data loss prevention that ar
by parasubvert 14y ago
The above dystopia is in fact why most people hate IT. It's not the front line, it is the policies such as expoxying USB ports for data loss prevention that are reviled. Some organizations really do require high levels of DLP - national security for one, production support for secure managed services is another. Others are utterly draconian for questionable cost/benefit reasons.
It should not be considered criminal to use documents on multiple devices. Thankfully saner heads are prevailing as bring-your-own-device policy management and app containerization becomes mandatory now that the CEO and VP of marketing insists on using their iPad.
- oz 14y agoThe incentive structure of an IT worker is similar to that of a government bureaucrat: When in doubt, ban. Because the one time something happens, you're gonna hear that the systems were 'improperly secured.' Then they'll call in external auditors fresh out of school working from an over-photocopied checklist to tell you how incompetent you are. Personally, I'm happy with trends like BYOD etc. If the CEO loses data because he wanted email on his iPad (and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that), then IT won't be blamed for it.
- jacques_chester 14y ago> Personally, I'm happy with trends like BYOD etc. If the CEO loses data because he wanted email on his iPad (and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that), then IT won't be blamed for it. Yes, it will. For the same reason "the government" is blamed when someone eats a lump of poison out of a can labelled "poison". "Why didn't you stop me?"
- oz 14y agoYou're quite right :)