Getting rid of the figurative dust bunnies in your company’s PCs and
servers will make for a more efficient and secure environment
By Chris Preimesberger
Spring cleaning—tak- Let’s face it: How often during personal photographs—on busi-ing a long, hard look at the day do you pull aside a file of ness computers?
your possessions with the some kind, intending to return to Business systems need to have
goal of weeding out junk it when time allows? Subsequently, specific cataloging and file-saving
and freeing up living space—is a how often do you not return to it? protocols that must be followed
longtime tradition in many cul- And if you do happen to return to by everyone, all of the time. In
tures. It’s important to apply the the file, do you trash it when you no conjunction, do spot checks of all
same mind-set to your business’s longer need it? company computers—with the full
PCs and servers, with the goal of And how many of your employ-weeding out junk and freeing up ees do you think are saving their Cleanup crew
computing space, not to mention files incorrectly and in the wrong Orphaned user accounts are a serious
addressing efficiency, business places? And how many are sav- security risk42
intelligence and regulatory con- ing files they shouldn’t be sav- Certificate management isn’t as messy
cerns. ing—such as MP3s, videos and as you think44
PAUL CONNOLLY
