I was mortified to find out how many business happily hand over passwords to technicians they hire from firms to service their machines. You wouldn’t give them the keys to the safe but no worries here is my internet password, my administrator passwords and others.
Whilst its true technicians will need access to areas on your machines care should be taken when allowing them to keep such information. A good technician who is working on site will ask you to enter passwords in so they do not remember them. This might seem like a pain as they may ask you several times for passwords when doing the task but it means that your data is secure.
There have been numerous cases where businesses have been accessed by technicians who have worked on their machines at times and these guys have stolen information. Security is paramount as your data can equate to millions of dollars in productivity.
# posted by Peter Saville - IT Consultant @ 1:55 AM
