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accadacca
10-29-2008, 08:31 PM
. . .or to look at porn. :lol8:


Many say they must break rules to get their jobs done

Oct 28, 2008 | 05:36 PM

By Tim Wilson

DarkReading

Current IT security policies frequently don't reflect the reality of how employees use their computers, according to a report published today by Cisco Systems.

The report, a deeper analysis of internal threat data collected by Cisco earlier this year, indicates that many users break their companies' security policies because following those policies would prevent them from doing their jobs.

"What this says is that security policymakers need to rethink the way they are developing those policies," says Marie Hattar, vice president of network systems and security solutions at Cisco. "IT people think that users aren't following them because they are apathetic or don't understand the risks. But the users are telling us that the policies aren't realistic."

Across the globe, about 80 percent of respondents said they think IT security policies are unfair. Forty-two percent said they don't comply with policies because those policies don't align with the reality of what they need to do their jobs. More than three-fourths of IT pros said they believe their policies need more frequent updates; the majority of employees agreed.

"Employees' disregard of corporate IT policies will increase as long as the policy is too rigid or impractical to allow them to get their jobs done," Hattar says.

DiscGo
10-29-2008, 10:08 PM
Tough call. I found Kazaa installed on a customer's server the other day. Employees do some stupid stuff.

JP
10-29-2008, 10:15 PM
If the Net is available, it will be used...Some of the people here post from work quite often :haha:

KapitanSparrow
10-30-2008, 06:42 AM
If the Net is available, it will be used...Some of the people here post from work quite often :haha:

:haha: Shush!

BruteForce
10-30-2008, 07:11 AM
Tough call. I found Kazaa installed on a customer's server the other day. Employees do some stupid stuff.

From personal experience, the only rules that get broken typically are those that impact productivity or security.

If we removed restrictions in our office, MySpace, Facebook and the various dating sites (eharmony, lds singles, match, etc) would be abused and virtually nothing would get done.

Additionally, a DiscGo indicates above, all sorts of crap would be installed on computers that would again lead to productivity issues as machines became infected or overburdened with unnecessary garbage running on them.

KapitanSparrow
10-30-2008, 08:35 AM
Brute, are you guys blocking Bogley as well? It fits the category of a social site :haha:

Gutpiler_Utahn
10-30-2008, 03:22 PM
Not according to my work's security policies. :five: