Re: [OT]Re: [ActiveDir] Multihomed Domain Controllers

[Matt Hargraves]

Fortunately, unless you know who has the data that you want to steal, the chances of any actual confidential data being stolen to the thieve's benefit is pretty slim.  Even if you do find data that a competitor would want, most companies today are pretty hesitant about taking confidential information.  Didn't you hear about Pepsi turning in that guy who was going to sell them confidential information from Coca Cola?

The information that people are really worried about is controlled by the people who are usually more paranoid than we are.... the accountants ;)

On 7/12/06, Al Mulnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Confidential data?  Can you, in three minutes or less recite your companies confidential data policies if you were asked? Can you explain them to the users in your company (fair enough, I know you're a tech company; I've heard of you)? Or are your company classified docs going home on usb sticks and cd's or dvd's or in email and web uploads?

 

I wonder though, desktop machines guarded by the cleaning crew are better?  

What about smart phones?  Those keep you up late at night as well? :)

 

We're easily years away from widespread use and adoption of things like bit-locker.  With cross-platform usage, not sure the value outside of the sphere of windows desktops that have been upgraded (that's a what? 5 year cycle at many companies?) either but leave that for another time....

 

My preference is to embrace the new technology and find ways to mitigate the risks. Laptops are here to stay and although they go missing, that to me is not enough of a reason to not want to use them.  I've seen instances of desktops that grow legs and go missing as well.  Some might argue that VPN usage to non-company assets (those not owned AND managed by the company) are enough to give you the heebie jeebies.  

 

I don't see bit-locker solving those issues. Know something different?

 

 

On 7/12/06, Kurt Falde <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:

Great so we can have even more people taking confidential data home with them and getting their laptops stolen from their cars J   Until we get Vista BitLocker and laptops that utilize it across the board I would be extremely paranoid about laptops all over.

 

Kurt Falde

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Al Mulnick
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 5:06 PM

To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org

Subject: [OT]Re: [ActiveDir] Multihomed Domain Controllers

 

I know we're drifting off-topic, but I read this and started thinking: laptops.  Why bother with desktops?

 

On 7/12/06, Matt Hargraves < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Not so sure I agree with that.  Thin clients work just fine, require less maintenance and can be replaced in 5 minutes, vs. the 3 hour argument that you'll get if you try replacing someone's desktop because they saved 190000 items that have nothing to do with their job on the local hard drive.

Then again, desktops are about as expensive nowadays as thin clients, so the justification for thin clients isn't what it used to be.