May 2015 Archives

The Policy Trap

It's that time of year again: time to update the policies! This annual exercise is always a source of great enjoyment for me (no, not really). After all, there's nothing like having the non-technical flailing about as they try to force-feed technical requirements down the throats of IT without explaining, justifying, or providing any factual basis for asking. If there's something most techies love, it's an over-the-top policy recommended by external auditors.

Quite frankly, policies are the precursor to, and embodiment of, the checkbox-compliance mindset. We all know how well that's worked out for us thus far. I mean, looking at all the data breaches we're not having thanks to compliance and policies, right? Hahaha... oh.

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