ya, right.

I think someone should ask Gabriel for the results of all these implementations because not a word of this actually happened. I won't bad mouth the products as I'm sure they actually work when implemented properly. I don't know how these implementations resolved anything with SOX because our auditors still ask for screen shots showing security rights and never mention logs or reports from these products. None of this software was implemented correctly because it was all smash and grab to remediate audit issues fast.

Consolidated the processes of 2 datacenters? One is outsourced and the other is internal running on two completely separate processes. 2/3 done with an Active Directory consolidation? You mean the one completely being run by the Help Desk team? Yes that's right, the Help Desk is running the AD consolidation project and there has been little to no involvement from the Security team. Not even the system information is correct. 12 domain controllers for 80 schools? That doesn't even make sense. I've never seen or heard of Red Hat or Oracle in this whole place.

I'm glad I know all of this personally. Now I know to never listen to Network World when it comes to case studies or anything else. You should be embarrassed to even print this stuff.

Made up bs like this is one of the main reasons I left. Even though I have been gone for months I can assure you this article is pure fiction.

The important thing to know when you read articles is the head of the department will always get credit for what has been approved for installation in an environment (even if they had limited involvement). What Mike has done is not bad. The only concern that I see about this article is the folks involved in the creation of the system have not been given any credit (who cares). Yes, the information is also not completely correct but that does not matter. The fact is these systems where installed and configured to work in some limited fashion. Not all of their features are being leveraged but they are in the environment.

Many of the people on the security team are new to the security team. The folks that setup the environment are mostly the datacenter server & network teams and the one security team member that is left on the team during that time period.

The fact is the foundation was established. The new security team has the task of leveraging the technology for the future and deciding where it can be used best.

A large problem with CEC IT is the nature of which people can not respect each other or other groups. As a former IT employee at CEC I respected everyone I worked with no matter what my opinion was of their knowledge/skill set or personality. It is a shame people would flame one’s own company or former company because of an article that might not be completely accurate and glorifies a group that is trying to establish a necessary business need.

I wish the best for CEC and hope some eyes are opened due to this article and its comments. Good luck, Congrats and happy Holidays to everyone at CEC.

WWM

Everyone is trying to figure out what will happen next? Will they outsource the Data Center? Will they sell the current Data Center in Elgin? IT members are leaving so fast they are calling the Data Center the Titanic, everyone there are scared and scrambling to find another job. Everyone knows that these projects are nothing more than a publicity stunt and they are not true. Organization, processes and standards lack across the board and everyone is stuggling to keep up with auditors demands and jumping through hoops just to make sure "we pass an audit". I don't know how these tools help, since everyone involved with audits still have to do a mountain of paper work, screen shots, etc. as eluded by another person in this board and nothing is automated. As always, over promising and under delivering. If you want to expose your private information due to lack of IT security go ahead an join Career Education.