Being carefull because of the other guys (Score 1)

I am the electronic security director for a state. We decided to shut down almost all of our systems except the state mainframe.

Why? We know we did everything we could, but we don't know that everyone else did. I don't trust Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, IBM, HP, Compaq, or the local power companies.

Thursday and Friday we completed full backups on all systems and then we shut it down and pulled the plugs. If the power burps tonight, I don't have to worry about frying a few billion $$ worth of hardware. Saturday morning we start bringing it back up. All very nice and controlled. If something doesn't work, we go around it as best as we can.