As the IT Director, I am responsible for security and integrity of the data on the network. Our CEO recently left (replacement has been here for 2+ weeks) but stays an employee through Nov. He doesn’t want e-mail access removed, even after that, since he is utilizing his address for “other deals” but not for our company business. CFO, my manager (different topic for another day) has told me this and now wants his mailbox monitored. Not to see WHAT is being sent but how much. I told the CFO that I thought this was NOT the right thing to do, however, I am being told to do it because of this “rock and hard place” the CFO is in. I will be monitoring usage myself instead of asking one of my associates do it. I believe that now I am being put in that same “rock and hard place” position and I am not at all pleased about it. I was hoping that someone could give me some advice on a similar situation they have been placed into and how they handled it.
