Re: Ultimate Computer Security Devices

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

Forwarded from: Bill Barrett <bill_barrett () uhaul com>

This reminds me of another incident that I experienced when I was
doing consulting.  A company I worked with that shall remain nameless
was very proud of their secure computing center, featuring all the
latest devices such as the requirement to use a fingerprint scanner in
combination with a smart card in order to access the room.  However,
the drop floor extended to BOTH sides of the secured entrance so all
that was required was to lift a tile and crawl through the ample floor
space.  A flaw that was often seen demonstrated by network personnel
as cables were run.

-WTB


> Forwarded from: H C <keydet89 () yahoo com>
>
> When I worked at Winstar, someone from another department set up a
> mantrap w/ a retinal scanner to protect the tech center...a data
> center that housed all servers using for billing, etc.  The mantrap
> was demonstrated one day, and several people went back and forth
> successfully (they had already been enrolled).  Then the elevator
> arrived (we were on the second floor), and the mantrap failed
> closed...the enrolled user was not authenticated and the mantrap
> locked.  It turns out that the magnetic field generated by the
> arriving elevator was enough to play havok w/ the mantrap's
> systems...which had been installed directly adjacent to the
> elevators...
>
>
> --- InfoSec News <isn () c4i org> wrote:
> > Forwarded from: Thomas Roy Garner
> > <trgarne () earthlink net>
> >
> > Your article regarding eye scanners reminds me of the eye scanner we
> > use @ work.  Now, remember, this only applies to the eye-scanner we
> > use, other systems may differ:

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