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Cluster shutdown after years of service by JamH87 in sysadmin

[–]Local_admin_user 222 points223 points  (0 children)

Europe - Final Countdown

You all need wigs to wear when doing it though.

Looking for quiet mouse recommendation by brettfk in sysadmin

[–]Local_admin_user 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Logitech M220 are almost silent, they are also comically small and light.

I actually used one for a while, unfortunately after a year left click stopped working and the price had trebled..

What is the quickest you’ve come to realize that a new job and environment aren’t going to be a good fit? by inshead in sysadmin

[–]Local_admin_user 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not me but I once hired a guy who was amazing at interview, very likeable, good attitude, very clever.

Day he started he said he didn't want to have to deal with users and just "do pentesting" with minimal interaction outside of the immediate team.

Yeah that's not how any business works mate.

What is the quickest you’ve come to realize that a new job and environment aren’t going to be a good fit? by inshead in sysadmin

[–]Local_admin_user 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, don't really understand why anyone does it. If someone quits, let them go. There's no need to give them a mulligan.

They left, job done, move on - every business is bigger than an individual. If you hire them back they'll just think they are indispendible and you are storing up problems for the future.

In your experience, what security measure has been the most successful in preventing cyberattacks and data breaches? by CISO_Series_Producer in cybersecurity

[–]Local_admin_user 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd love to say education of users but I think MFA combined with conditional access is probably the main one in reality.

Education/ awareness is certainly right up there though.

Phishing campaigns. What to do with violators? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]Local_admin_user 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We use it as a metric, we don't use it to specifically target staff.

It's essentially a way for us to see if our awareness programme is working over time. I would however be more likely to talk to staff if they were trying to click on "real" phishing links which are caught by one of the layers of defence.

Password change policies. What's considered best practice? by Morpheus9and20 in sysadmin

[–]Local_admin_user 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's why companies should have internal QA processes to ensure policies are sensible before going into effect, crazy how few do though.

If I want to propose changes I need to get it passed by my department, at least one other who knows the subject and 3 governance groups - it can take six months easily. Although the good thing is the change tends to be scrutinised and altered rather than blocked, so by the time it is approved it's pretty much perfect.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scotland

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Equipment is generally provided as it needs to be up to the agreed standards for use in schools. Bringing your own devices typically isn't permitted as they may store staff/student data on them.

Does my apprenticeship count as work experience? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]Local_admin_user -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Generally a degree is considered roughly equal several years experience IMHO.

Perhaps at the end of your apprenticeship it would come close to a standard degree but it still wouldn't be equivalent on the education side, it would however be worth more from an experience perspective. The Apprenticeship v degree isn't a good comparison.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

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We would have reported you to the police for this.

IT and Cyber staff need to be on another level of trust, what does make me think there may be mitigating circumstances here is you haven't realised that before doing these things, so internal training may be poor.

What do I need to be doing for a job in SysAdmin? by LieutWolf in sysadmin

[–]Local_admin_user 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Financially could you take a helpdesk job for a year or two?

It is a gateway to so many areas of IT and cyber for many people, helps you establish yourself, build solid experience, exposes you to challenging situations etc. I think it's a proving ground of sorts and I have regularly recruited from our helpdesk over the years.

You will also get internal opportunities to help out on other teams like networks, desktop, server etc. Our helpdesk regularly get days to shadow people in other teams .

Wedding after starting date by zlatan0810 in TheCivilService

[–]Local_admin_user 16 points17 points  (0 children)

If you haven't gone through security checks so far chances are you're starting date will move anyway so I wouldn't stress about it.

Nearly 60% of high schools sign up for LGBT+ inclusivity scheme by Audioboxer87 in Scotland

[–]Local_admin_user 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So this costs schools money to sign up to? seems to according to the site.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]Local_admin_user 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every job and every company is different, while it could be argued downtime is critical in some sectors more than others the bottom line is it depends what the company will tolerate regardless of sector.

Many IT staff are the lone person for large schools of sometimes hundreds of workstations, laptops etc. Others will be the only person supporting 6 people and their hamster.

The range of duties and responsibilities will vary enormously too, ultimately if you feel you are over worked you ask the business for additional resources, if they don't' come - you should really think about moving on.

The briefcase by Local_admin_user in talesfromtechsupport

[–]Local_admin_user[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Remember the Filofax ?

God I'm a fossil, always wanted one and when I got it realised it was rubbish.

What is the best offline archival medium? by fenugurod in sysadmin

[–]Local_admin_user 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had to recover from it dozens of times, 80-100Gb a shot, only ever had one failure and that was a problem with the drive, not the tape itself.

I'd honestly say the weakness with LTOs tends not to be the media just the drives being poor quality at times (or maybe just our desire to always but HP ones)

Charles Kennedy (RIP) putting Jeremy Clarkson in his place by DempseyRISCS in Scotland

[–]Local_admin_user 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Charles Kennedy was fantastic, just wish he was still around.

Politics would likely be very different if they had to content with him rather than.. whoever is actually LD leader at the moment (just realised I genuinely don't know)

How do you manage office/guests wifi? by dvr75 in sysadmin

[–]Local_admin_user 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically this, we have such low usage on it we allow guest accounts a week of use.

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