How Many Administrators Should Have Network Passwords? Apparently More than One!
Did you see the article this week regarding the City of San Francisco network administrator who changed the password to the network LAN and now won’t share it with anyone else? Although the city claims no data has been comprised, they do admit that no one can access the network. Terry Childs is being held on $5 million bail. (A murder rap comes in around $2 million, doesn’t it?)
As silly as this thing is, and as idiotic as the bosses look, there really is an important IT Governance issue here. Not only has productivity been negatively impacted (okay, no jokes about government work!), but among the systems Mr. Childs has access to are payroll records, emails and law enforcement records.
Who knows what kind of damage he can do if he chooses to. Then again, how bad can this guy be? After all, his lawyer did point out that Mr. Childs “loves kittens”!
As silly as this thing is, and as idiotic as the bosses look, there really is an important IT Governance issue here. Not only has productivity been negatively impacted (okay, no jokes about government work!), but among the systems Mr. Childs has access to are payroll records, emails and law enforcement records.
Who knows what kind of damage he can do if he chooses to. Then again, how bad can this guy be? After all, his lawyer did point out that Mr. Childs “loves kittens”!
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