And in three months when one out of every ten machines has a root kit running on them and all the hard drives are filling up with porn, Mr. Zell will understand why CEOs shouldn’t make IT decisions.
I don’t think the decision of what employees can access should be an IT decision. It is up to IT to carry out the direction given by management in terms of what is blocked. I’m noticing a dangerous new trend of IT thinking they have a role in determining these sorts of policies. That’s bass-ackward.
No filtering doesn't mean no logging. Just because there's no block on a given site doesn't mean that you can't be fired for accessing it every day.
Anyone can make a typo, accidentally hit a porn site, and then hit 20 more through pop-ups and pop-unders. But if you're hitting gambling and porn sites every day, it's gonna set off red flags.