Security and ease of use do not always get along well. Make a system too locked down, and your team spends half the day working around obstacles just to get things done. Open things up too much, and the business becomes an easier target. For small and medium-sized businesses, finding the right middle ground is one of the more practical challenges in IT management today, because the gap between a system people can work with and one they will actually use properly, tends to be where real vulnerabilities develop. The good news is that balance is achievable, and it does not require choosing one over the other.
