Yeah, I'm in a right-to-work state and I tell my IT to eat dick at least once a month, or I did when I was still working for a company that didn't understand IT is a service, not the business. You can write all teh rules you want, you will not get compliance from most people.
Honestly the cat was out of the bag when people started carrying smartphones. Banning watches is just being nit picky about the forms of spying you want to forbid.
IT Security is a component of IT that exists to ensure you can continue operating the fucking business
Only a small portion of IT security is that, and that portion (if done right) has little to do with individual employees following nit-picky rules. Most IT security concerns have some manageable cost associated with ignoring them, and it's just a matter of cost of security vs risk of loss.
If you're an IT security guy, it's easy to mistake your job for "eliminate all IT security threats". But that's not your job. Your job is "manage all IT security threats". It's up to the business leaders to decide what
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Simple.... (Score:5, Insightful)
You don't allow it.......
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Good luck telling someone they can't wear a watch.
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Good luck telling someone they can't wear a watch.
In a right-to-work state (half the US), I don't need luck.
You want a job, you follow the rules.
It's quite simple.
Oh, and fuck your primadonna attitude that you "need" a smartwatch to do your job. Tired of catering to that bullshit too.
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Yeah, I'm in a right-to-work state and I tell my IT to eat dick at least once a month, or I did when I was still working for a company that didn't understand IT is a service, not the business. You can write all teh rules you want, you will not get compliance from most people.
Honestly the cat was out of the bag when people started carrying smartphones. Banning watches is just being nit picky about the forms of spying you want to forbid.
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IT Security is a component of IT that exists to ensure you can continue operating the fucking business
Only a small portion of IT security is that, and that portion (if done right) has little to do with individual employees following nit-picky rules. Most IT security concerns have some manageable cost associated with ignoring them, and it's just a matter of cost of security vs risk of loss.
If you're an IT security guy, it's easy to mistake your job for "eliminate all IT security threats". But that's not your job. Your job is "manage all IT security threats". It's up to the business leaders to decide what