Phone Policy

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by techhelpbb

Literally.
Do you know what servers and security I am monitoring?

Let's start with 2 stock exchanges and keep going...
I get the 'fun' of cleaning up other people's crisis for a living.

At one point the security of 14 huge banks depended on my checking my phone often.

Now frankly, I could just put it down, and I do when operating machines.
However staying out of touch for many hours at a time is a very bad idea.

Yes this includes sleep - if my phone goes off in the middle of the night I basically need to check it.

It's gotten better since I moved up the leadership ladder.
Now my jobs are less operational - still I have an obligation to know that I need to check on my crew.

Good news is trading hours are not usually FIRST hours.
Bad news is that security breach attempts are designed to target patterns where you are not going to respond.

Does it annoy me? Yes it's quite annoying at times.
I often have to pull over just to deal with my phone and minimize my train rides underground.

This is why I've never been a CSA/FTAA too far from my current access to computing resources.

Seems like a pretty bad system if it relies on one person to have cellular connectivity. Seems that having multiple folks with that responsibility would be better if it really is as important as you claim.