Re: On the Spot Corrections

["Mertz, Brian E" <bmertz () ILLINOIS EDU>]

Several years ago, we used to roam through our various libraries (the top locations on campus for laptop theft) leaving 
bright orange cards on laptop keyboards. The cards read something to the effect of “We could have stolen your laptop, 
but we didn’t” and a link to a webpage with physical security best practices.

We weren’t smart enough about building in reporting metrics for the URL to see just how effective this was, but at the 
time we were happy about being proactive.

Plus, it was kind of fun to keep the cards with you and drop them whenever an unattended laptop appeared.

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Brian Mertz
Senior Client Relationship Consultant
Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
bmertz () illinois edu<mailto:bmertz () illinois edu>
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] On the Spot Corrections

Our police department used to go around putting “Got ya” tags on unsecured hardware.

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Subject: [SECURITY] On the Spot Corrections

While eating lunch at the cafeteria this afternoon, a colleague and I noticed several phones, key chains, laptops were 
left unattended at tables by faculty, staff and students as they went through the food lines.

Can anyone share guidelines/practices in place for addressing and correcting physical security lapses on your campus?