MacGyver467
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- Feb 27, 2001
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I work for a retail jewelry store with 175+ employees in the store. We recently (past two weeks) added Wireless Access to the network for one laptop. A certain group needed a roaming PC that they could place orders for jewelry on.
After only two weeks, my company is now allowing employees to bring in their personal laptops to use on the corporate network and also allowing them to receive corporate and personal emails with those PCs. I'm now responsible for these personal computers.
I'm totally in disagreement with this new rule. For years, the company has always had a very wary approach to having alot (10 or more) of computers connected to the Internet (a directive from one of the Presidents of the company), and now the General Manager is allowing personal laptops on the network. I can't go above his head and inform the President because that will only create political stress.
To make the situation worse, the very first personal laptop that was brought to me had a ton of spyware and two viruses on it. The risk of a corporate computer being infected went through the roof!
The poll is quite simple: Should a company allow personal computers on the network?
-MacG467
After only two weeks, my company is now allowing employees to bring in their personal laptops to use on the corporate network and also allowing them to receive corporate and personal emails with those PCs. I'm now responsible for these personal computers.
I'm totally in disagreement with this new rule. For years, the company has always had a very wary approach to having alot (10 or more) of computers connected to the Internet (a directive from one of the Presidents of the company), and now the General Manager is allowing personal laptops on the network. I can't go above his head and inform the President because that will only create political stress.
To make the situation worse, the very first personal laptop that was brought to me had a ton of spyware and two viruses on it. The risk of a corporate computer being infected went through the roof!
The poll is quite simple: Should a company allow personal computers on the network?
-MacG467