readbeanicecream@kbin.social to Technology@kbin.social · 1 year agoGoogle restricting internet access to some employees to reduce cyberattack riskwww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: google@lemdro.idtechnology@lemmy.worldcybersecurity@lemmy.capebreton.socialhackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partyhkns@lemmy.amyjnobody.com
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Some workers who need the internet to do their job will get exceptions, the company stated in materials.
minus-squareAwwab@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoIn addition, some employees will have no root access, meaning they won’t be able to run administrative commands or do things like install software. It’s more surprising that they haven’t been doing this already. No local admin/root has been a security basic for over a decade at this point.
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.It’s more surprising that they haven’t been doing this already. No local admin/root has been a security basic for over a decade at this point.