Corporate Computer Police On Alert At Own Homes
Posted by Greg Writer on April 17, 2007
The top executives of America’s largest security corporations work long and hard to protect computer networks and data from all forms of attack. But the vigilance they show at work is rivaled, even exceeded, by the steps they take in their own homes to keep their kids safe on the Internet.
The San Jose Mercury News interviewed America’s top security executives and found the following:
- A senior officer at McAfee, Inc. uses a program on his home computer that generates a report listing all sites his teenage daughters visit. The executive said that “being in the tech industry, I looked both of them in the eye” and told them`I can find out anything you do on this computer after you’ve done it.’”
- A vice president at Bivio runs parental control software through his Internet service provider that prevents his kids from viewing “adult” websites. If his kids use bad language in an e-mail, he receives a warning in his own inbox.
- The Chief Information Office at Juniper Networks uses a low-tech solution. He requires that his son ask for the password if he wishes to use the family computer. The CIO will not let his son connect to the Internet at all on his own computer.
Perhaps the nation’s computer police could save a lot of time and energy at home if only they knew about Snoop Stick.
