On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 16:43:43 -0600 Leigh Anne Chisholm <lachisho@tnc.com> wrote:
I can't say that when I arranged telco services, that I was ever in a position to note the vehicle that the tech(s) came in. I don't know that I'd be too concerned about the vehicles missing but Sean does raise a good point. During this "hot" period of terrorist activity, are you watching all the strangers that come into your organization? I know I've had people walk into one of my remote offices saying that it was time for the printers to get their periodic cleaning--and the staff just let them. They had complete unescorted access to the facilities. It's just not something that's commonly thought of on a day to day basis, but should be now.
which is still insufficiently paranoid. a substantial amount of industrial espionage is done by agents who get themselves hired by janitorial services and the like, where there is often no vetting of any sort. there's no reason why others with differing criminal interests can't use the same methods. seriously, do you have any idea who is emptying your trash basket? do you really think that the bean counters took that sort of thing into consideration when they selected the firm who does that work? given the stories we hear about routers and switches and servers being unplugged so that the vacuum or the buffer can be run, it's clear that nobody is escorting the cleaning staff around the facility. perhaps this should change. richard