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People did something similar to this at my previous job and I always thought it was security theatre. For one thing, there are card swipe in. Second, engineerin
by Moodles 5y ago
People did something similar to this at my previous job and I always thought it was security theatre. For one thing, there are card swipe in. Second, engineering was upstairs in a restricted area. So you're concerned about a tailgater who opportunistically puts malware on your laptop when you're 100 feet away for a couple minutes without anyone noticing? Or you're concerned about a colleague who's an insider threat... Who is already an insider threat? It's not like there was anything on my laptop which was more sensitive than any other engineer there anyway. It was classic busywork.
- kevinmchugh 5y agoIt's often easier to build a norm for everyone than just the people it really needs to apply to. Managers, salespeople, corp dev, customer representatives all might have sensitive information on their machines. Information that even other employees aren't supposed to see. Rather than trying to enumerate who those people are and teach them, you might assume everyone will eventually have sensitive information, and encourage the mild prank.