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Google restricting internet access to some employees to reduce cyberattack risk (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The company will disable internet access on the select desktops, with the exception of internal web-based tools and Google -owned websites like Google Drive and Gmail. Some workers who need the internet to do their job will get exceptions, the company stated in materials.

In addition, some employees will have no root access, meaning they won’t be able to run administrative commands or do things like install software.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not just government. The security questionnaires from companies of all types I had to complete in my last job were insane. If you're sharing data between organizations in any way, infosec and legal departments get very uppity these days.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

just need that one idiot to fall for obvious scam mails and your security is compromised