monkeytassle
Striker
We were sent a directive saying our card swipes would be monitored. 3y earlier they'd been used at a bonus round to prove. Reach of holiday allowance.Nope. HR or unions too concerned about how that data might be used against employees. Like I say, seemed crazy to me.
Had similar problems when we wanted to deploy a tool that tracked usage by users on their computers including applications and websites visited as part of preparing for an application modernisation programme.
Doesn't help you have to change them every 6wNot so long back I saw an instance where a new password strength rule was brought in. 14 or more digits, upper, lower case, no repeating characters etc. Loads of people were flummoxed by it and were complaining. Someone, who has a bit of a reputation as a know it all, replied saying "I just use the names of my three dogs with an exclamation mark and the year."
I think security teams can go too far at times, but I feel for them when they are dealing with this level of stupidity.