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Work place of system admins
Most people think that security of computers and computer networks is only virtual security, that you must have antivirus, firewall and other security thing installed on PC. But only few of them think that physical security is also very important. There is one of 10 laws of computer security:
If an attacker can gain access to your computer network, it’s not your network anymore.
Today I saw an interesting article at WindowsITPro site, about need to secure working place of system admins, and possible problems if that place is not secured.
Want to get the keys to a network? You don’t need to break the smart card / finger print reader security on the server room door. Just plug a twenty dollar USB pass-through key logger into the back of a systems administrator’s workstation. Do it before they have had coffee in the morning (not that they are likely to check their computer each time for such a device, but pre-coffee sysadmins are more docile) and you’ve got their authentication credentials.
Check this interesting article: Should sysadmins work in lockable offices?
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By Ilija Brajkovic | February 18, 2009
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