Securing the perimeter is not an easy task. There are a multitude of Problems businesses have to consider, especially when it comes to their own employees. The article "7 Ways to Keep your Employees Happy" gives readers several points that I personally believe business owners should consider when it comes securing their perimeters.
Karsten Strauss, the author of the article, believes that having employees build ownership within their company is imperative for them to be comfortable in it. I say yes and no to this. Yes, because its good for employees to have the mind set that a companies successes are their successes, and its failures and their failures. I say no its not good, because what if an employee in the IT department takes too much "ownership" over all that he surveys. What if that employee decides he doesn't want to trust other employees (or personnel that may one day be in his current position) with administrative access or lower types of access? This employee may feel like others won't be able to live up to his standards.
Keeping your team informed sounds nice, and I'm sure a lot of employees would appreciate it. But in some fields, certain amounts of knowledge just aren't necessary for employees to know. It's important to make sure employees know the direction the company is trying to take, but if you give too much in depth info, you're just creating potential security risks for yourself.
Overall, the article brings up several useful tips for businesses. Those businesses that do consider the ideas from this article need to be careful how interpret these tips for use in their own business though.
Blog by Hans Harvey
Blog Post 13
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Author: Karsten Strauss
Title: 7 Ways to Keep your Employees Happy (and Working Really Hard)
Address: http://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2013/09/08/7-ways-to-keep-your-employees-happy-and-working-really-hard/
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