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Trustworthy Administrators

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The article is posted in the security management column section on TechNet and is the Viewpoint article in the July security newsletter. Check it out, and please tell me what you think. It's been generating some opinions :)

Do you trust your administrators? That seemingly innocent question creates a serious dilemma in the minds of a lot of people. While we all know what we’d like the answer to be, the disappointing fact is that, increasingly, the true answer is the opposite. This became apparent in discussions I had with many attendees at TechEd US in May—there is genuine concern about the trustworthiness of administrators...

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  • Anonymous
    July 21, 2005
    Hi Steve -

    I'd really like to hear the opinions you're getting on this, if you can share them. I think it's an extremely important topic for both admins and the companies they work for.

    I've put up a response article, with call for comments, at my own site. http://adminfoo.net/?q=node/285

  • Anonymous
    July 26, 2005
    You reap what you sow. Business has no loyalty to their employees and the younger generation saw how miserably business treated their parents, so they have adopted a different attitude.

    Trust is a two way street and businesses are reaping the crop sown over the past twenty years.

    I suggest business actually treat people as they wish to be treated and maybe the situation will change.
  • Anonymous
    July 27, 2005
    Ahh yes agree with the comment about trust being a two way and that is why I'm not so keen on the fire them if you dont trust em as this will only serve to compound the issue of trust... Cheers, dg
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    August 03, 2005
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