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Filesharing and National Security

Posted 07/27/2007 at 05:08:35pm

Agreed, not a security problem.

Yep on
Filesharing and National Security

Posted 07/27/2007 at 04:48:41pm

As an IT Specialist for the Govt I will tell you that users are users, whether they are with private companies or the Govt. They will do some strange things sometimes, weather it is installing questionable (on a Govt PC) softare or leaving their Govt laptop at the airport by accident. Stuff happens. There are many systems in place to make sure that users follow policy on what they do on their PC's. However it is difficult to manage what a user does on his/her home PC. Or even when they walk away with that laptop on an official trip. I think the issue here is that this person alledgedly had sensitive information on his home PC. That is not an IT issue nor can an IT change fix this problem. Thumbdrives, CD's, DVD's? These are really disciplinary issues.

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