Re: Skype use obligation - Security x Productivity

From: Roland Dobbins (rdobbins@cisco.com)
Date: Thu Jul 19 2007 - 02:37:05 EDT


On Jul 18, 2007, at 7:33 AM, M.B.Jr. wrote:

> They do not have
> the certifications yet and the voip application use obligation may
> constitute one big barrier.

How? I've never heard this argument before from anyone. I think
it's a bogus argument.

> It all starts like that. Like:
> "yes sir, voip's great!"
> Then:
> "sir, why don't we provide our workforce with some voip enhanced
> mobile devices?
> check out this nice colored folder explaining it."

This kind of thinking is one of the main reasons that users don't
care about security - because instead of working to empower users to
do what they need to do in a secure manner, 'security' personnel
instead focus on trying to keep them from doing anything innovative
or productive.

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