https://www.businessinsider.com/cisco-layoffs-earnings-shutdown-mandatory-pto-2021-11
Chuck and Fran gonna be so mad lol
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Ok, boomer
Not totally true. Yes, it backs up less in some circumstances, but you have no control over what it backs up. You cannot get it to skip anything or even include useful stuff (try it). But this new version now includes IP loss/protection and other policy compliance tools (which is why its config is locked down and it’s mandatory to run it).
Once your backup is in the cloud - they scan it for compliance.
Keep that tin foil hat handy.
Granted, you have no obvious control over what it backs up. And you can't include useful stuff if it's certain file types that are excluded. Although, you can rename or add file extensions to defeat that if you want to. They also blocked ~/bin from being backed up, but you can make ~/my_bin_dir and move all your scripts there and then symlink them to ~/bin or just update your path to use ~/my_bin_dir instead of ~/bin and they get backed up.
You can get it to skip stuff by putting it in a folder named "Tmp" or "tmp". I don't have any folders named "temp", so I haven't tested them. I used to have folders named ~/Documents/HR/Personal/tmp and I used to exclude the Personal folder and below. Now I can't. But I can see where the "tmp" folder is excluded. So, now I have ~/Documents/HR/tmp/Personal/tmp and the top-level tmp folder is excluded. Same with several ~/Downloads//tmp.
Some Principal Engineer pushed to prevent the back up of SSH & encryption keys (~/.ssh and ~/.gnupg directories), but if you copy the contents of those folders somewhere else, they get backed up.
There is no IP loss/protection in this backup software. That's what they use Digital Guardian for.
And, if they're not backing up certain folders, then they can't scan it for compliance in the cloud because it didn't make it to the cloud in the first place.
I hate Code42, and especially the "cloud" version, but not for the reasons you're talking about here.
You do you boo and wear your tinfoil hat. I'm good w/o it.
Best way to improve compliance and IP is to not do things that make your workforce hate you.
Take your tinfoil hat off. The "cloud" version of Code42 is no more or no less intrusive that the previous version. The previous one backed up more than the newer one.
Not totally true. Yes, it backs up less in some circumstances, but you have no control over what it backs up. You cannot get it to skip anything or even include useful stuff (try it). But this new version now includes IP loss/protection and other policy compliance tools (which is why its config is locked down and it’s mandatory to run it).
Once your backup is in the cloud - they scan it for compliance.
Keep that tin foil hat handy.
I am leaking stuff to Business Insider!!!😂😂 BooiHahahahahs!
Whoever is leaking should leak some info about Business Architects and self styled CTOs. Questions should arise in media and attention of investors should be drawn to this self serving worthless layer of fat eating away at the soul of Cisco .
Be careful what you share. Now that IT have rolled out the latest “cloud” version of Code42, they are implementing some deeply intrusive “monitoring” of what is on your hard drive and what you place on/off USB and network devices.
Take your tinfoil hat off. The "cloud" version of Code42 is no more or no less intrusive that the previous version. The previous one backed up more than the newer one. Plus, it doesn't look at network drives and/or USB drives.
Some teams have Digital Guardian installed and that is the product that logs USB drives attached, network drives mounted, and files copied between the local disk and network drives to USB drives.
I recall reading here and/or emails at work that people who were eligible for the last early retirement or told that they were at risk copied files from their laptops to USB drives and were later contacted by InfoSec and HR where they had to do a Webex screenshare and remount the USB device and show the files copied and delete anything that was Cisco data. So, if you think you're going to leave or be forced to leave, if you copy stuff be sure to copy that USB drive to something else so when you have to delete it while being watched you have another copy. :-) Not that I'm advocating stealing company data, but I may want to copy notes about industry best practices that I've ran across while working for Cisco and I saved it to my work laptop. Most of what I do is implement industry best practices anyway.
But as to Code42, it looks like they "ignore" anything that's in a "Tmp" or "tmp" directory. Use that for your "secrets". Or, if on a Mac, create a "sparcebundle" encrypted/compressed disk image and put your stuff there. It takes less space than creating a .dmg file and you can add/remove files from it easily.
someone higher stuff prob sing to the press , us peon did not found out until the day of the news
"How is this a leak if this article came out a full day after the results were announced? It was on the internal page - employees probably found out about it later. "
How can business insider access csco internal page? use your brain
How is this a leak if this article came out a full day after the results were announced? It was on the internal page - employees probably found out about it later.
"Looks to me their source is this sh1tboard, Sherlock. "
Cisco layoff board is one of the top active board. Gee i wonder why after 20+ LR
Be careful what you share. Now that IT have rolled out the latest “cloud” version of Code42, they are implementing some deeply intrusive “monitoring” of what is on your hard drive and what you place on/off USB and network devices.
" "in support of our employees' mental health and well-being.""
LIARS
On balance Cisco is not a bad place to work, they don't pay the best but they do pay reasonably. Cisco have done some amazing things inventing many of the protocols in the Internet and hold a ton of patents. They have some great products still. Many nay-sayers write them off too early.
There are issues at Cisco for sure, especially in Collab and Security and I am sure Chuck is aware of that and it'll be sorted in time. He could start by firing the leadership and buying PA and Z-scaler. And technical people in Cisco should be recognised more for that they do. This is a cultural problem.
It is all for the collective wellbeing and to reduce ThoughtCrime.
"...a way to reduce operating expenses for the year, as well as to cut down on energy consumption and encourage employee wellbeing..."
Looks to me their source is this sh1tboard, Sherlock.
cisco won't do layoff this year. they're saving it for one big load in Q1 FY23. they are hoping the vaccine mandate stands to get rid of the anti vaxxer for free but look like the Supreme court stopped their horse sh*t.