Of course, a logical measure. Taking a laptop out of the building, do something with it and take it back in again is just as 'safe' as bringing in a usb stick you found on the street. Both should be fully blocked.
Kees. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Barbara Nitz > Sent: 27 March, 2018 9:06 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Software Delivery on Tape to be Discontinued > > On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:23:42 -0400, John Eells <ee...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > >In addition to that, you can take a laptop outside your firewall, > >download stuff*, bring the laptop back in, connect to your internal > >network, and upload it to z/OS to be processed. > > No, you cannot. Where I work, the laptops don't have a DVD/CD drive and > are essentially just an expensive way of getting to a Citrix client. I > cannot even reach the internet from my company laptop. All I can access > is the company's extranet to set up the VPN tunnel. And heaven help you > if your anti-virus definition isn't current. They update their antivirus > catalog and then kick you out of VPN in the middle of working because > 'definitions are not current'. And no USB or Bluetooth, either! > I am one of the lucky few to still have a desktop computer at work which > has a DVD drive. They made it so that I cannot access that DVD drive > anymore, not to mention no USB allowed. > > We're lucky in that we have been able to set up the sysprog sandplex to > access the internet for downloads from ShopZ. > > Barbara > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
