Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 05:43:44 -0700 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: Brad Benson <bradley@softhome.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Working in the IT Field - Trials and Tribulations Message-ID: <36FE2400.76272225@thuntek.net> References: <000001be78e9$294a4980$6400a8c0@BillyJoeBob>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Brad Benson wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 12:07:03AM -0500, Brad Benson wrote: > > > You said before the network isn't connected to the Internet. If it's a > > > closed system you shouldn't have to worry a lot about your > > security on the > > > NT box. Unless you have some skilled and disgruntled employees. > > I would make > > > > What's that statistic again about the percentage of security incidents > > that come from the inside? > > I don't know about the statistics. I can say that the biggest security > issues I've had, in the companies I've done work for, had little to do with > the OS. Employees working on these closed networks often take security as a > joke. I can't count the times I've gone into a company where most employees > new the root or admin password. I used to do a lot of work with NetWare and > it was even worse. People would setup a network and just give every user > supervisory rights. It doesn't matter how tight the OS is if everyone has > the password, or no one setup the security right in the first place. I'd put > money on the fact that any statistic on internal security has a lot to do > with this type of problem. > I've worked at companies that _were_ connected to the Internet where the CEO insisted we take passwords _off_ all the W95 clients so he could do his employees' work himself or snoop theirs. One wanted to kill the server passwords, too, but I drew the line... =8-O Actually, SOftware magazine had a security article a while back ( ~9 months ) and I think the percentage was around 90% for _internal_ sabotage. CEO's don't like to know there are ramifications for screwing their employees. -- Donald Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?36FE2400.76272225>