Debbie - Regardless of whether anyone else does it, I'd say you've got a pretty good situation as long as it doesn't overwhelm you.
Centralizing a function like that decreases the likelihood that some random person is going to misconfigure something and open a hole in your firewall, or that some tech is going to open a hole at the insistance of a business person. John In a message dated 3/25/2003 6:10:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Debbie Torri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Hi, > >I currently approve of all production changes to our firewalls (internet and dmz) and >also approve all VPN request for for external companies that want access into our >network. We have 12 firewalls and about 700 production servers (Unix and Windows). > >This is my question: Do you do this as part of your job? I have no clue if this a >normal task done by other security professionals. What are the pro's and con's of >doing this. > >--- >Debbie Torri CISSP >Norwest Industries >Denver, Colorado >--- >Debbie Torri CISSP >Norwest Industries >Denver, Colorado > > >Need a new email address that people can remember >Check out the new EudoraMail at >http://www.eudoramail.com > >------------------------------------------------------------------- >SurfControl E-mail Filter puts the brakes on spam, >viruses and malicious code. Safeguard your business >critical communications. Download a free 30-day trial: >http://www.surfcontrol.com/go/zsfsbl1 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- SurfControl E-mail Filter puts the brakes on spam, viruses and malicious code. Safeguard your business critical communications. Download a free 30-day trial: http://www.surfcontrol.com/go/zsfsbl1
