Should supervisors have their employees passwords to email and their computer.?

Or should just the IT department have the admin rights only for security purposes.

Should supervisors have their employees passwords to email and their computer.?
They don't need it. The IT department monitors emails and internet logs. They look for for patterns. They then can access the user's machine or email to confirm their suspicions and if confirmed, they present the findings to their manager who will follow some sort of policy of action concerning abusing email or the internet.





And people do get fired.
Reply:Supervisors should NOT have your passwords. In a good company, even the IT department does not have your password(s) either...they have to reset the account each time you forget your password. However, that doesn't mean that they don't have key loggers that have your passwords captured... :D
Reply:The sup can have access to your email but they should not have your password. Check it out with HR.
Reply:In most situations, the data in your computer and email is company property, so it isn't totally out-of-line to ask for it.





However, it is bad security form. The IT department would be the best bet, but not all IT departments are very responsive.





For example, suppose he needs a file on your computer *NOW* and can't wait the couple of hours (or days) it takes IT to get back to him.





My solution to something like this? Write the password down, seal it in an envelope and put it in a secure place that your boss knows about. Then in an extreme emergency, he just gets and opens the envelope. The issue here, obviously, is keeping the password in the envelope up-to-date.
Reply:NO NO NO NO. Only IT, and only because they are all powerful. It is a security risk for supervisors (or anyone) to have your computer password and e-mail password. IT would back you up on this.
Reply:the supervisors should have the passwords to whatever the company tells them they can have the passwords to. a company's computers are not public property. no one is entitled to privacy if the use of the pc is intended for work only.


now, if your supervisor is trying to get your password and it is not company policy, then no.


our IT dept doesn't even have our passwords, they just have the ability to reset our passwords to a default.
Reply:NO not passwords


but they are allowed to MONITOR internet useage (data protection act)

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