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September 17th, 2004, 02:31 PM
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Security Policy Question
I would like to get your opinions on the benefits and risks of having users log out of their machines at night instead of leaving turning them off. I presented the idea of leaving machines on to management and they immediately expressed their concern for worms spreading off hours and increased electric usage.
I see the benefits of leaving machines on as being able to run virus scans, patch machines, and do other security related maintenance. Management did have good points with their concerns, but I almost feel like hiding under a rock is not the way to handle security. Overall I think the benefits would outweigh the risks. Before you add you opinions I want to share some of the details of my unique situation at this company. Security is done from the bottom up and I’m the only security person for a company of a 1000 people. This actually adds the biggest risk, if something did happen off hours I’m only one person and I can be everywhere and fix everything.
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