
By Andrew Donoghue
Published: Tuesday 06 July 2004
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Name
Gene Wolf
Location
Florida
Occupation
IT Manager
Comment
Is this guy for real? Yes, let's ban iPods. They have a large capacity and can be connected to corporate networks via Firewire.
Let's also ban laptops, which many of us take home every night for the same reason because the have an even larger capacity!
How about VPN connections so I can use my iPod, or CD burner, or DVD burner at home after downloading company information to my home computer?
Please! If someone is going to steal corporate information there are many, many other ways of doing it other than a limited iPod or USB device.
While people should be aware that corporate information theft is a real threat, picking out something like the iPod is idiotic and ignores other easier ways of information theft.
Basically any removable device is the same securit...
Anonymous
Is this guy for real? Yes, let's ban iPods. They h...
Gene Wolf
The real story here is that Gartner is getting hea...
Anonymous
1) Any removable device has the same security bypa...
Anonymous
How about banning people who are security risks? O...
Anonymous
Iets face the facts - any computer running Windoze...
Chris Sansom
Ban computers! They are all security risks! Ban pe...
blegfa
Let's ban pen and paper whilst we are about it!
O...
Anonymous
Jeez - talk about stating the ble*ding obvious.!!
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Max Rutherford
WTF have personal firewalls got to do with prevent...
David P
One hardly knows which part of this story to attac...
Alan
The difference in the ipod as a security risk is t...
Anonymous
First off Alan your wrong you can use the harddisk...
Mickael Behn
First off, as a pure security risk any portable st...
Russell Henley
Wait for the silver lining, folks: His use of the...
Anonymous
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