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“Ten Things Your IT Department Will Not Tell You” (and That They Should Block)
Saturday, August 4th, 2007I read an intriguing article today about “Ten Things Your IT Department Will Not Tell You.” The “Ten Things” were basically methods for circumventing security policies in a corporate network. In a lot of cases, no harm is done if you bend a few rules for legitimate reasons and use good security practices (e.g. securely uploading files to a web server so that you can work at home). However, the article completely failed to mention that the reason a lot of these policies are in place is not to hamper an overly ambitious worker, but to prevent information theft from malicious insiders, which is a very serious threat. (more…)