This might explain his thinking on this particular subject - as a VDI/RDS/Citrix kinda guy, he lives in a space where data doesn't leave the servers, mostly.
Kurt On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I've had several issues with his thinking in the last couple of years. > > Don't get me wrong - in his subject area (which I typically think of as > VDI/RDS/Citrix) he's a really smart cookie. But he's been veering into the > wild blue yonder on other things... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 3:19 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Some interesting thoughts about network security > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:23 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: >> http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/brianmadden/archive/2013/04/15/rethin >> king-network-security-all-your-on-premises-wifi-users-are-actually-quo >> t-remote-quot-users.aspx >> >> -- >> James Rankin >> Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) >> http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk > > Yeah - he's wrong. > > ----------Begin Quote---------- > "I can never allow non-trusted devices on the corporate network" > > You need to redefine your definition of "corporate network." Your corporate > network is the tight boundary that's around your servers or whatever else > you're actually trying to protect. There's no point to protecting your entire > user-land network. Just make it "the internet" > and move on. > ----------End Quote---------- > > When I can keep all of the IP and other confidential data to the company off > of end user devices (and by this I mean "not stored to local non-volatile > storage, encrypted or not"), I can consider that. > > In the meantime, the boundary extends well beyond my servers. > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
