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I’ve been in IT 15+ years and can tell you there’s two sides to this story. How often are you goofing up your passwords, not keeping up with 2FA, etc? Honestly?
The fact is these measures are needed because people cannot be trusted to not do something dumb. Have to have back up measures to the back up measures. The weakest point to any cybersecurity is people, point blank. It’s never technology.
All that being said, it’s definitely possible the systems weren’t set up with a great user experience, you should talk to your IT about getting a training or showing them in person the issues to get clarification or allow them to see what should change, if anything.
I was thinking exactly what you’re as I read all of these replies. Most of those things wouldn’t be needed if the users could be counted on to do what they’re supposed to do.
You want free range wide open internet access with no controls? Stay at home. IT has to make sure things stay secure.
We’re willing to meet users halfway if the request is reasonable.
Ah, welcome to giant corporations. IT + security are the henchmen but company leadership is the ones shouting at IT the rules that they want setup
What I find so funny is that they think following federal guidelines will save them but in actuality the stig viewer is already way behind the times. It should be used as a guide but common sense must prevail. If you have a stig that says you must change your password every x days but NIST now says something different which is right?
If your company gets hacked nobody will have any work to do. - cyber guy
9/10 it's user error.
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Yes there is a tension between access and security. As a contractor you likely hit the most restrictions. Consider using a password manager and getting to know your MFA app. For access it can help to find a buddy with a similar job role to clone permissions from. Part of this falls on your manager who should be lining up the right access well in advance.
I've sent "please clone my access for <this app/system> from <this person>" emails numerous times over the years as a contractor (and occasionally as an employee), and sometimes had to send to my manager first who then forwarded it on with an "I ok this" (so he could sign it off). Or else the ops team took the request directly and then asked the manager if it was ok themselves.
GIS impedes communications needed to complete troubleshooting :(
So address the pain point from your departments perspective. iT isn't considering the user experience if the user is quiet ahout it. Could be a 'can of worms' type of meeting but all the better to address these concerns asap.
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All the time, we have so many problems with IT
Does anyone else have these issues? Or is it just you?