Re: Connecting satellite locations via the Internet

[Lurton Keel <Lurton.Keel@xxxxxxxx>]

I agree that someone breaking in and seeing if Betty was absent on Friday is
not a big deal but finding out how much Betty makes an hour may be valuable
to a competitor.  We also would be liable if her personal information was
not secured.  The problem is you can't really draw a line (for instance in
HR information) to separate what is o.k. to hack and what is not.  If you
get hacked, all the data may be available.  The quarterly report is public
record but the data that makes it up must be protected from competitors.
Did you know that even printing an employee directory that contains home
telephone numbers and addresses could be considered negligence? It is not
public information.  An example would be a disgruntled employee or a
stalker wanting to find a home address to do mischief.  We give out email
addresses and office telephone numbers but not personal data even though it
is in the HR database.  Data is extremely valuable to protect.


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   email@james-w-kilgore.com
[mailto:email@james-w-kilgore.com]
                Sent:   Saturday, March 13, 1999 2:21 AM
                To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
                Subject:        Re: Connecting satellite locations via the
Internet

                Lurton,

                I'm not picking on you, I happen to agree, but your post
just happened
                to be the last on the thread for me to hit the "reply"
button on..... so
here goes.
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