Re: [Fed-Talk] New Hardware Shipping with New OS and no support for old
Re: [Fed-Talk] New Hardware Shipping with New OS and no support for old
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] New Hardware Shipping with New OS and no support for old
- From: Taylor Armstrong <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:07:59 -0400
Things tend to sit in closets for a LONG time until the appropriate
validation has been done.
No, this is not a popular policy with the users...
On 10/13/2011 10:48 AM, Kachman, Donald R. Jr (DJ) - (ESE) wrote:
> I'm looking for information on how other agencies handle Apple's policy that they ship hardware with the latest OS and do not support previous versions, typically within a short window after the latest OS is released.
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> An example, Lion was released in August and all equipment subsequent is shipped with Lion. As a federal agency, we do not move to the latest without security, management, and user testing. In fact, some of the security software we use, has not been available right after.
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> Another example is that iOS 5 is now shipped on all iOS devices. Do other federal agencies just wholesale take the new OS and then attempt to manage and secure it later?
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> Knowing that the future happens rapidly in this environment, we are responsible as managers and security staff, to ensure that what is put out there is indeed secure and protects the data that we are entrusted with.
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> Thoughts and practices from other agencies?
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> Best Regards,
> DJ Kachman
> Director, Security and Mobile Division, Client Security, ESE
> Battle Creek, MI 49051
> (269) 317-5481
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