Yeah, cost of laptop aside, aren't they concerned about security of having a managed laptop for employees with encrypted drives, etc... I mean it's not year 2003 anymore. The potential for damage to the company is greater than the cost of a properly configured laptop.
Segway.... Listening to an audiobook by Dan Brown of Da Vinci Code fame.
Digital Fortress, a techno thriller. It's from 1998, so not only dated, but oh boy there are so many technical fallacies.
- NSA crypto/cracking team. No one locks their computers at work, they just dim the monitor. When they do lock it, it's with a special app, it's a 5 character password.
- Plan to change an encryption app with a backdoor then switch it with the copy that's on the Internet.
- Things go bad and the country's most important data is at risk, so they don't have any backups and everything is stored in one place.
Sooo many facepalms.
Eh, that last one doesn't seem like much of a stretch with how many companies pay ransoms instead of restoring from backups.
yeah but this was a central storage of the country's most important data like NSA, FBI, DEA, DOE, military, etc.. all in a single bunker with no redundancy and no backups. Some people were ringing alarm bells that there's a big problem, we've been compromised. Others are like, Nope it's not possible, this is the most secure place in the country your logs are wrong.
It's almost comical that's it's so bad. Oh and in Dan Brown fashion, although not the main character, there's a university type professor who gets thrust into a secret agent dangerous types situations. I think Dan Brown always wanted to be a spy or something. lol
Okay, yeah, that's pretty bad. Though I shudder to think how bad things actually were in the 80s/90s. He absolutely wanted to be James Bond.
Yeah, cost of laptop aside, aren't they concerned about security of having a managed laptop for employees with encrypted drives, etc... I mean it's not year 2003 anymore. The potential for damage to the company is greater than the cost of a properly configured laptop.
Segway.... Listening to an audiobook by Dan Brown of Da Vinci Code fame.
Digital Fortress, a techno thriller. It's from 1998, so not only dated, but oh boy there are so many technical fallacies.
- NSA crypto/cracking team. No one locks their computers at work, they just dim the monitor. When they do lock it, it's with a special app, it's a 5 character password.
- Plan to change an encryption app with a backdoor then switch it with the copy that's on the Internet.
- Things go bad and the country's most important data is at risk, so they don't have any backups and everything is stored in one place.
Sooo many facepalms.
Eh, that last one doesn't seem like much of a stretch with how many companies pay ransoms instead of restoring from backups.
yeah but this was a central storage of the country's most important data like NSA, FBI, DEA, DOE, military, etc.. all in a single bunker with no redundancy and no backups. Some people were ringing alarm bells that there's a big problem, we've been compromised. Others are like, Nope it's not possible, this is the most secure place in the country your logs are wrong.
It's almost comical that's it's so bad. Oh and in Dan Brown fashion, although not the main character, there's a university type professor who gets thrust into a secret agent dangerous types situations. I think Dan Brown always wanted to be a spy or something. lol
Yeah, cost of laptop aside, aren't they concerned about security of having a managed laptop for employees with encrypted drives, etc... I mean it's not year 2003 anymore. The potential for damage to the company is greater than the cost of a properly configured laptop.
Segway.... Listening to an audiobook by Dan Brown of Da Vinci Code fame.
Digital Fortress, a techno thriller. It's from 1998, so not only dated, but oh boy there are so many technical fallacies.
- NSA crypto/cracking team. No one locks their computers at work, they just dim the monitor. When they do lock it, it's with a special app, it's a 5 character password.
- Plan to change an encryption app with a backdoor then switch it with the copy that's on the Internet.
- Things go bad and the country's most important data is at risk, so they don't have any backups and everything is stored in one place.
Sooo many facepalms.
Eh, that last one doesn't seem like much of a stretch with how many companies pay ransoms instead of restoring from backups.
Wow! Weren't you only, technically, short by ~3 positions?
oh no.... 3 positions were the number that *I* was covering.
Lol, I thought that was the same number. SensKat plays whack-a-mole with unassigned tasks!
This sounds fantastic, I hope they can start getting those positions filled soon!
I hope so. It's hopeful, anyway. Makes me believe that someone is finally listening.
With you covering as much as you were I *have* to think they had a moment of panic when they realized what there were losing. K/Cathy's work ethics are not to be taken lightly.
Segue...hey Kat, what's the job status? Been thinking about the Employment Trials of SensKat.
Another week off, then back to the original job. Weird to think that I've been off for a month already!
So too many red flags at the other place? One of the weird ones for me was "We're not getting you a laptop, you'll have to provide your own."
Yeah, that was a particularly huge one for me too.
And I was talking to my manager yesterday... apparently my team has been approved to hire for 6 additional positions. So that is a huge potential amount of relief of strain on existing resources.
Yeah, cost of laptop aside, aren't they concerned about security of having a managed laptop for employees with encrypted drives, etc... I mean it's not year 2003 anymore. The potential for damage to the company is greater than the cost of a properly configured laptop.
Segway.... Listening to an audiobook by Dan Brown of Da Vinci Code fame.
Digital Fortress, a techno thriller. It's from 1998, so not only dated, but oh boy there are so many technical fallacies.
- NSA crypto/cracking team. No one locks their computers at work, they just dim the monitor. When they do lock it, it's with a special app, it's a 5 character password.
- Plan to change an encryption app with a backdoor then switch it with the copy that's on the Internet.
- Things go bad and the country's most important data is at risk, so they don't have any backups and everything is stored in one place.
Segue...hey Kat, what's the job status? Been thinking about the Employment Trials of SensKat.
Another week off, then back to the original job. Weird to think that I've been off for a month already!
So too many red flags at the other place? One of the weird ones for me was "We're not getting you a laptop, you'll have to provide your own."
Yeah, that was a particularly huge one for me too.
And I was talking to my manager yesterday... apparently my team has been approved to hire for 6 additional positions. So that is a huge potential amount of relief of strain on existing resources.
Wow! Weren't you only, technically, short by ~3 positions?
oh no.... 3 positions were the number that *I* was covering.
Lol, I thought that was the same number. SensKat plays whack-a-mole with unassigned tasks!
This sounds fantastic, I hope they can start getting those positions filled soon!
I hope so. It's hopeful, anyway. Makes me believe that someone is finally listening.
Segue...hey Kat, what's the job status? Been thinking about the Employment Trials of SensKat.
Another week off, then back to the original job. Weird to think that I've been off for a month already!
So too many red flags at the other place? One of the weird ones for me was "We're not getting you a laptop, you'll have to provide your own."
Yeah, that was a particularly huge one for me too.
And I was talking to my manager yesterday... apparently my team has been approved to hire for 6 additional positions. So that is a huge potential amount of relief of strain on existing resources.
Yeah, cost of laptop aside, aren't they concerned about security of having a managed laptop for employees with encrypted drives, etc... I mean it's not year 2003 anymore. The potential for damage to the company is greater than the cost of a properly configured laptop.
ESPECIALLY given the kind of data that I work with. I wasn't getting a lot of warm fuzzies.
Segue...hey Kat, what's the job status? Been thinking about the Employment Trials of SensKat.
Another week off, then back to the original job. Weird to think that I've been off for a month already!
So too many red flags at the other place? One of the weird ones for me was "We're not getting you a laptop, you'll have to provide your own."
Yeah, that was a particularly huge one for me too.
And I was talking to my manager yesterday... apparently my team has been approved to hire for 6 additional positions. So that is a huge potential amount of relief of strain on existing resources.
Wow! Weren't you only, technically, short by ~3 positions?
oh no.... 3 positions were the number that *I* was covering.
Lol, I thought that was the same number. SensKat plays whack-a-mole with unassigned tasks!
This sounds fantastic, I hope they can start getting those positions filled soon!
Segue...hey Kat, what's the job status? Been thinking about the Employment Trials of SensKat.
Another week off, then back to the original job. Weird to think that I've been off for a month already!
So too many red flags at the other place? One of the weird ones for me was "We're not getting you a laptop, you'll have to provide your own."
Yeah, that was a particularly huge one for me too.
And I was talking to my manager yesterday... apparently my team has been approved to hire for 6 additional positions. So that is a huge potential amount of relief of strain on existing resources.
Yeah, cost of laptop aside, aren't they concerned about security of having a managed laptop for employees with encrypted drives, etc... I mean it's not year 2003 anymore. The potential for damage to the company is greater than the cost of a properly configured laptop.
Segue...hey Kat, what's the job status? Been thinking about the Employment Trials of SensKat.
Another week off, then back to the original job. Weird to think that I've been off for a month already!
So too many red flags at the other place? One of the weird ones for me was "We're not getting you a laptop, you'll have to provide your own."
Yeah, that was a particularly huge one for me too.
And I was talking to my manager yesterday... apparently my team has been approved to hire for 6 additional positions. So that is a huge potential amount of relief of strain on existing resources.
Wow! Weren't you only, technically, short by ~3 positions?
oh no.... 3 positions were the number that *I* was covering.
Cathy, do you feel old when these kids are getting drafted who's dads you remember playing have been retired for a number of years?
You missed this milestone of feeling old.
Huh, I missed a small chunk of posts around that. And why did you choose to call *me* out in that question? I definitely don't think I'm the oldest here!
you were active in the thread at the time.
I guess I'm gonna have to trust you on that.
At least I have some time before seeing a drafted son of a father I saw drafted!
Cathy, do you feel old when these kids are getting drafted who's dads you remember playing have been retired for a number of years?
You missed this milestone of feeling old.
Huh, I missed a small chunk of posts around that. And why did you choose to call *me* out in that question? I definitely don't think I'm the oldest here!
Oh, another segue, boss is totally cool with me relocating. (He literally said I'm not allowed to leave the company so I can go wherever there's solid internet.)
And, my rent is now 25% higher than when I renewed 3.5 months ago.
So, yeah, good chance I'll be in a different latitude for the next draft.
Segue...hey Kat, what's the job status? Been thinking about the Employment Trials of SensKat.
Another week off, then back to the original job. Weird to think that I've been off for a month already!
So too many red flags at the other place? One of the weird ones for me was "We're not getting you a laptop, you'll have to provide your own."
Yeah, that was a particularly huge one for me too.
And I was talking to my manager yesterday... apparently my team has been approved to hire for 6 additional positions. So that is a huge potential amount of relief of strain on existing resources.
Wow! Weren't you only, technically, short by ~3 positions?
Cathy, do you feel old when these kids are getting drafted who's dads you remember playing have been retired for a number of years?
You missed this milestone of feeling old.
Huh, I missed a small chunk of posts around that. And why did you choose to call *me* out in that question? I definitely don't think I'm the oldest here!
Segue...hey Kat, what's the job status? Been thinking about the Employment Trials of SensKat.
Another week off, then back to the original job. Weird to think that I've been off for a month already!
So too many red flags at the other place? One of the weird ones for me was "We're not getting you a laptop, you'll have to provide your own."
Yeah, that was a particularly huge one for me too.
And I was talking to my manager yesterday... apparently my team has been approved to hire for 6 additional positions. So that is a huge potential amount of relief of strain on existing resources.
I guess I'm gonna have to trust you on that. 