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Re:When Employees Use Software That IT Hasn’t Approved by natch on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @11:26AM (#20165567)
That highlights a problem woven through the industry which is that the IT department isn’t always the sharpest team in the building, even on security matters.
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Re:When Employees Use Software That IT Hasn’t Approved by TeMPOraL on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @06:43PM (#20170105)
It's worse than that. I haven't met an IT person yet that wasn't as smart as the developers they worked with, except in slightly different domain. But the incentive structures are aligned in a way that makes IT's real job to execute cover-your-ass directives which freeze work. Doing the right thing is literally the opposite of what IT is being paid for.
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Re:When Employees Use Software That IT Hasn’t Approved by ubermonkey on Thursday June 13, 2019 @09:03AM (#20174387)
>I haven't met an IT person yet that wasn't as smart as the developers they worked with

You are very, very fortunate.

The standard big-company IT person I see at client sites is not very bright or will-informed.

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Re:When Employees Use Software That IT Hasn’t Approved by maxxxxx on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @11:40AM (#20165767)
They are completely outsourced and offshored. Only a few competent people are left.
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