Comments on: In Technology Era, Rogue IT Threatens Governments http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/in-technology-era-rogue-it-threatens-governments/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mark Walsh http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/in-technology-era-rogue-it-threatens-governments/#comment-888880 Mark Walsh Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:24:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14203#comment-888880 <p>Some professions require that the customers trust the purveyor, like Systems Administrator. You hit the nail on the head that reliance is an issue.</p> <p>The "cure" for this particular situation would be to have another person have the "highest level" password, and in turn dole out all the next level down passwords herself. That same "Godess" of the network, would not have physical access to the network, and would likely work in an auditor's office, not the IT Department.</p> <p>This threat was actually not that big of a deal, compared to other exposures, with even less outside technical experts to help out in an emergency.</p> Some professions require that the customers trust the purveyor, like Systems Administrator. You hit the nail on the head that reliance is an issue.

The “cure” for this particular situation would be to have another person have the “highest level” password, and in turn dole out all the next level down passwords herself. That same “Godess” of the network, would not have physical access to the network, and would likely work in an auditor’s office, not the IT Department.

This threat was actually not that big of a deal, compared to other exposures, with even less outside technical experts to help out in an emergency.

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