Comments on: The Ongoing Threat of P2P http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9123 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:00:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9123/comment-page-1#comment-50411 Reader's Write Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:29:00 +0000 #comment-50411 "Schmidt said IT managers typically control the use of file sharing networks within their own networks but contractors or agents working for their organisation can often keep or access corporate data on their laptops or home PCs, alongside P2P clients." It really isn't a corporate IT manager's business what a contractor (or an employee, for that matter) does on the laptop or home (desktop) PC that is their own personally owned, private property. If they are that concerned about security and expect an individual to be able to access corporate IT resources from outside locations, then they should provide that individual with a suitable machine with the understanding that its use is governed by the established policies of the organization and is only to be used for business purposes. Basically this guy is peddling a big load of alarmist crap in order to drum up business as an 'expert' consultant. “Schmidt said IT managers typically control the use of file sharing networks within their own networks but contractors or agents working for their organisation can often keep or access corporate data on their laptops or home PCs, alongside P2P clients.”

It really isn’t a corporate IT manager’s business what a contractor (or an employee, for that matter) does on the laptop or home (desktop) PC that is their own personally owned, private property. If they are that concerned about security and expect an individual to be able to access corporate IT resources from outside locations, then they should provide that individual with a suitable machine with the understanding that its use is governed by the established policies of the organization and is only to be used for business purposes.

Basically this guy is peddling a big load of alarmist crap in order to drum up business as an ‘expert’ consultant.

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