Well said, Ken. The key is to ensure that management remembers what option they selected (deliberately or by default) when things go wrong. :)
*ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote: > Mitigate, Transfer, Accept and Avoid are all legitimate risk management > options. > > It's a management decision whether to avoid the risk (fork out a lot of > money to upgrade), mitigate the risk through network isolation (but doing > so may compromise the ability of the machine to work) or simply accept the > risk (and cater for the consequences), or even to outsource the function to > someone else (transfer the risk) > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, 28 February 2013 1:59 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: [Bulk] RE: Remote control software > > So, it *was* possible - they just didn't want to pay the price. > > Let's hope they mitigated the risk somehow - perhaps by making sure it > wasn't connected to a network and by making sure they had replacement > hardware on the shelf. > > Kurt > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Jon Harris <jk.har...@live.com> wrote: > > I hate to tell you this but sometimes it just is not possible to do > > upgrades whether is it due to no budget or there is just no software > > to run the attached hardware to run on newer systems. I faced this at > former $dayjob$. > > Attached hardware was antique X-ray diffractmeter. Last software > > upgrade was to Windows 98, and I really mean Windows 98 not 98 SE, but > > the company had managed to get it to function with XP. $dayjob$ was > > told to either replace hardware, $150k+ just for the hardware and > > maybe $300k for the software, or pay them to custom write an upgrade > > or patch to get it to run under Vista, and they would not even > > estimate that price. Needless to say no upgrades were done. > > > > Jon > > > >> From: korl...@rogers.com > >> To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > >> Subject: RE: [Bulk] RE: Remote control software > >> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:49:36 -0500 > >> > >> Some of us are constrained by budget. I still have W2K systems out > >> there, but none of them have internet access or email. Some can't be > >> upgraded because the software packages won't run on anything newer > >> and the vendor does not offer it. I have no budget for new hardware. > Zero. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gor...@hotmail.com] > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:42 AM > >> To: NT System Admin Issues > >> Subject: [Bulk] RE: Remote control software > >> > >> Sorry... I really can't help it... I have to... > >> > >> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! > >> > >> Laugh out loud... - you're running *PRODUCTION* systems on an 18 year > >> old OS, that has been out of support for over a decade, and is about > >> as secure as a whore's drawers...??? > >> > >> Are these systems running on similarly ancient hardware, or have you > >> at least managed to virtualise them so they can be run on kit that > >> isn't likely to expire at any moment? > >> > >> Sorry if I sound unsympathetic... but I do quite occasionally come > >> across a similar blinkered attitude in $dayjob, and I really do take > >> a pretty dim view of it... > >> > >> No offence intended.... > >> > >> Paul G. > > > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Nigel Parker [mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk] > >> Sent: 27 February 2013 11:47 > >> To: NT System Admin Issues > >> Subject: RE: Remote control software > >> > >> Hi tried vnc lite it didn't seem to work well on windows 7 I > >> connected once then just had a a black screen, we tried various > >> workarounds but none seemed to work! > >> Will look at logmein > >> And the group policy settings > >> > >> Upgrading 95 and nt4 isn't an option due to the expense > >> > >> > >> Nigel Parker > >> Systems Engineer > >> Ultraframe (UK) Ltd > >> Tel: 01200 452329 > >> Fax: 01200 452201 > >> Web: www.ultraframe.com > >> Email: mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
