And that's something that you can implement without creating a huge single point of failure. This was pure hubris, whether it emanated from engineering or elsew

And that's something that you can implement without creating a huge single point of failure. This was pure hubris, whether it emanated from engineering or elsewhere. Of course, if the employee was indeed a ninja, your guards wouldn't be able to do much, but in all other cases, it will suffice. We all derided the company that made "smart" pet feeders that wouldn't maintain a cache of the feeding schedule, but rather phone home to check; when their servers were down, pets went without food. It's not difficult to think of an scenario like this.