Some recent examples: "Do we have to have passwords expire so often (90 days)? Couldn't we make it a year or so, and why can't we reuse our passwords?" "Wouldn't it cut down on network administration if we had a generic login for all employees?" "You know, that wireless stuff is neat! I got one at home. We could really save a lot if we didn't have to run cable around the building." "We can't afford overtime for you, so you will have to cut out the non-essential tasks, such as trying to apply all those patches to all the servers" "You know, several of us use AIM in our work. Since the firewall has been installed, it hasn't worked. You need to make it work again!" Complaints from superiors threaten their jobs. Enough complaints from staff generate complaints from superiors, which threaten their jobs. Thus, measures such as limiting login hours, stronger passwords, and tighter permissions on files/resources and controlling users' ability to install any program on their computers (admin rights) become difficult, if not impossible to implement. -----Original Message----- From: T. Kenji Sugahara [mailto:sugahara@private] Rob Magee- Could you expound on "management makes decisions based on as much convenience as they can get away with." I'm curious to know what exactly this means.
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