Outgoing IT Staff: Security Concerns - Page 3

HungLikeJesus · 02-13-2012, 05:18 PM

I think we should have a thread where everyone has to be logged in as anonymous to post. That would be interesting.

ZenGum · 02-13-2012, 06:44 PM

Just a thought from a noob who felt proud of himself for adding a few RAM chips to a laptop:

Even if you can't secure the system, can you set up a way of logging everything that is done in a way that cannot be erased? It wouldn't prevent tampering, but it would enable you to prove that tampering had been done, and that might deter the individual.

TheMercenary · 02-14-2012, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anonymous

Let's say you're "letting go" a member of an IT department that has had free reign, total access to your network for several years.

If the situation is "not on good terms" what due dilligence can you take to protect your business interests from possible disruption?

1) change his/her ability to access the system from outside the work place. (if that is even possible)

2) Fire him/her while they are away from work.

3) Allow them to come to work to get their shit under escort by the Enforcers (at least that is the way they do it on TV).

4) Cut their break line while they are picking up their shit.

SamIam · 02-14-2012, 09:14 PM

Kidnap their dog and then send them a note with one of its toenails informing them that they better be on their best behavior or another toenail will be showing up in the mail.

SamIam · 02-14-2012, 09:28 PM

Set up a fake account for them on Face Book, including the most intimate details you can glean from his personnel file. Have him friend all the local cop shops, the FBI, CIA, and Homeland Security. E-mail him his new FB home page link.

SamIam · 02-14-2012, 09:30 PM

Move your entire business to another city and get a brand new computer system while you're at it. Write it all off as the cost of doing business.

SamIam · 02-14-2012, 09:31 PM

OK. I'll go away now.

ZenGum · 02-14-2012, 11:44 PM

How many of those are you considering using regarding the Bates?

Perry Winkle · 02-15-2012, 01:38 PM

This is kind of a hell situation. You need to hire someone to come in and lock everything down before giving this person the slightest inkling that they are being let go. This will be very expensive. I can't even imagine how you could bring someone in, have your IT person cooperate fully and not tip him off that he's a short-timer.

Lamplighter · 02-15-2012, 01:41 PM

The kings of yore took care of such situations by marrying the IT guys daughter. WIN WIN

02-13-2012, 05:18 PM	#1
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I think we should have a thread where everyone has to be logged in as anonymous to post. That would be interesting. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-13-2012, 06:44 PM	#2
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Just a thought from a noob who felt proud of himself for adding a few RAM chips to a laptop: Even if you can't secure the system, can you set up a way of logging everything that is done in a way that cannot be erased? It wouldn't prevent tampering, but it would enable you to prove that tampering had been done, and that might deter the individual. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-14-2012, 11:44 PM	#8
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	How many of those are you considering using regarding the Bates? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-14-2012, 09:14 PM	#4
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Kidnap their dog and then send them a note with one of its toenails informing them that they better be on their best behavior or another toenail will be showing up in the mail.

02-14-2012, 09:28 PM	#5
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Set up a fake account for them on Face Book, including the most intimate details you can glean from his personnel file. Have him friend all the local cop shops, the FBI, CIA, and Homeland Security. E-mail him his new FB home page link.

02-14-2012, 09:30 PM	#6
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Move your entire business to another city and get a brand new computer system while you're at it. Write it all off as the cost of doing business.

02-14-2012, 09:31 PM	#7
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	OK. I'll go away now.

02-15-2012, 01:38 PM	#9
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	This is kind of a hell situation. You need to hire someone to come in and lock everything down before giving this person the slightest inkling that they are being let go. This will be very expensive. I can't even imagine how you could bring someone in, have your IT person cooperate fully and not tip him off that he's a short-timer.

02-15-2012, 01:41 PM	#10
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	The kings of yore took care of such situations by marrying the IT guys daughter. WIN WIN

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