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I once worked for a hosting company. Getting in through the front of the data center felt like going through an airlock on a spaceship with someone having to v
by amorphid 9y ago
I once worked for a hosting company. Getting in through the front of the data center felt like going through an airlock on a spaceship with someone having to verify your identity with 100% certainty at each gate. Going in the backdoor just required waving an electronic key in front of a sensor with no verification you were key's assigned user, and tailgating was definitely a possibility. Needless to say, a break in would likely have targeted the backdoor. I think the front door was a performance put on for customers getting a tour.
- KGIII 9y agoYou can physically break into any facility, if you have enough force. Social engineering is a different problem. In your case, no exiting the alarmed back doors for break. Breaks are taken by exiting the front doors or in designated break areas. There were no security doors that weren't manned. Positive identification was required, as was approval. No exceptions. We worked with proprietary data at that facility. Sometimes, we'd even have to put a team at the customer's site. Once, I had to personally do all of it as there were only two of us with government security clearances. For that, I had to be on a military facility. The latter being really, really silly. I can't be specific but it is fairly well known that I modeled traffic. Yup... That's what I did and the USG determined the data was marked at a higher level that FOUO.
- Operyl 9y agoUnfortunately I’ve noticed the same, it’s a shame really. Was always a lot more convenient going in the back way if I was in a rush hah.