Works IT have gone too far!

ps3ud0 said:
Yep, your corporate network is only as strong as your weakest link. I just dont think employees understand the trust and faith implied when given such access. It boils down to pure stupidity to want to circumvent it, especially if its to check personal email as per your example...

ps3ud0 :cool:
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I'm not sure I understand, are you saying that all employees are a potential security risk e.g. if they are able to get company information out of the network?

Just to explain where I'm coming from, I NEED to access my personal email (gmail) for many work and career related reasons which I'm not going to go into. Now, thankfully gmail isn't blocked at my workplace, but hotmail is. Supposing gmail was also blocked, this would be very inconvenient for me. Are you saying that no employee should be able to access this from moral grounds, or for security reasons?

Robbie G said:
Ok I give up :D. Gets past Fortiguard though if anyone cares.
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PS I use Kproxy too it's good!
 
neil_g said:
we block IP web browsing (unless its required for work) and proxies.
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Out of interest, do you manually add new proxies as they come online, or does your software have heuristics for detecting them? As there are many new ones always appearing and ones that hide themselves well too.
 
Robbie G said:
Out of interest, do you manually add new proxies as they come online, or does your software have heuristics for detecting them? As there are many new ones always appearing and ones that hide themselves well too.
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our appliance has a database of URLs that gets updated from the vendor daily and it does have heuristics for those not in the list.

im sure there are a couple that have slipped through but theyre all logged and itd be a disceplinary for breaking the internet and email policy signed at employment.
 
Sundance said:
I'm not sure I understand, are you saying that all employees are a potential security risk e.g. if they are able to get company information out of the network?

Just to explain where I'm coming from, I NEED to access my personal email (gmail) for many work and career related reasons which I'm not going to go into. Now, thankfully gmail isn't blocked at my workplace, but hotmail is. Supposing gmail was also blocked, this would be very inconvenient for me. Are you saying that no employee should be able to access this from moral grounds, or for security reasons?
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Security reasons obviously - its just an unauthorised security risk when an employee RDPs a personal computer outside of policy. Im sorry but as far as your companys concerned your access to personal email is unlikely to be essential to them, the inconvience to you is irrelevant...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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Sundance said:
Just to explain where I'm coming from, I NEED to access my personal email (gmail) for many work and career related reasons which I'm not going to go into. Now, thankfully gmail isn't blocked at my workplace, but hotmail is. Supposing gmail was also blocked, this would be very inconvenient for me. Are you saying that no employee should be able to access this from moral grounds, or for security reasons?
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I'd just get a cheap smartphone in that case. You're unlikely to persuade the lovely people in IT to change their policy simply on account of one sob story.
 
some people seem to forget that work is for working and theyre under no obligation to give you any slack on what you can and cannot browse. in fact many places will have documented clauses in your employment terms (or a separate policy) for what can and cannot be done.

we're quite nice in that out of hours and lunch has a relaxed policy (but no social network sites). but take the pee and youll get a smackdown on your policy ;)
 
Completely blocking stuff is usually counter productive. It cheeses people off and they do less work, not more.

You could always proxy through your 3G mobile if all else fails :p
No doubt there is an app for this somewhere.
Most of your standard 'i will block you on my firewallz for the lulz' IT crew would be none the wiser either.
 
neil_g said:
some people seem to forget that work is for working
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I don't think anyone actually forgets that, it's just that when you've finished one task and want to quickly check the news or your email, it's nice to be able to do so. IT people should remember their place...i.e. somewhere just above HR in the 'we tolerate them because we have no choice' stakes :D.
 
Robbie G said:
I don't think anyone actually forgets that, it's just that when you've finished one task and want to quickly check the news or your email, it's nice to be able to do so. IT people should remember their place...i.e. somewhere just above HR in the 'we tolerate them because we have no choice' stakes :D.
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Use your smartphone - its not like most of us dont have one that doesnt have an email client or internet access. Using the corporate network is a privilege, not a right. Naive to think otherwise...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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