I agree, but to respond to your first sentence, we all know that even on this we’ll have some go out and install the SP, and *then* post to the list a question regarding whether or not he/she should install the SP and what things should he/she look out for …
Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 12:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Brian Krebs on security I gotta agree with Steven’s view on this, and we all should be wise enough to know you don’t deploy a Service pack without a lot of testing and validation with the PC/Servers in your environment and vetting the issues to make sure the business impact is minimal. Its just good change management. Just because some analyst says you can get all these whiz-bang features in the new service pack, that doesn’t mean just go out and deploy it at will, without a lot of testing and assurances to the business you aren’t going to bring them down with this deployment, and you always pick your least critical systems first. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 ~ 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
