Bruce Schneier: Consumerization and Corporate IT Security

by Volker Weber

Why can't you use the cool stuff you already have? More and more companies are letting you. They're giving you an allowance and allowing you to buy whatever laptop you want, and to connect into the corporate network with whatever device you choose. They're allowing you to use whatever cell phone you have, whatever portable e-mail device you have, whatever you personally need to get your job done. And the security office is freaking.

Mordac, the 'preventer of information services', is losing. If you are Mordac, re-think your role.

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[Thanks, Martin]

Comments

Of course, the companies have a reasonable and justified reason for the security of their corporate IT environment, just as the people have a reasonable and justified reason for having the tools they need to get their job done.

For quite some time I believe that a strong concept and implementation of that for federated security will be more and more important in the future. But I haven't seen much useful stuff there.

Ragnar Schierholz, 2010-09-08

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