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The Crossroads of Physical and Logical Security
James Bond built his reputation by tailgating people to bad-guys’ sanctuary. Okay, I am exaggerating it a bit…but there is no denying that 007 took tailgating--following a person closely to enter a secured building, which uses a card or key to enter--to an art form. This ingenious technique, deployed successfully by one of the earliest gadget kings, was very fascinating, and sooner or later people were bound to be tempted in duplicating it.
The technological advances of the last several years created those challenging opportunities by replacing guards and similar non-tech ways to protect buildings with security systems that use passwords, smart cards and other methods. Now people can enter secured buildings by closely following someone with valid keys through doors with access control mechanisms. Once inside, they can very easily occupy an empty cubicle or room, fire up their laptops and voila, they have a good chance of accessing the network.
Do you think it is a far-fetched idea? Not really. You would be surprised to know how many people avoid confrontation with strangers who follow them through a secured door and assume that the stranger has access, too. Offices of many large companies have employees visiting from other locations and their use of empty desk or cubicles is quite common and, like at the door, people usually do not ask questions when someone …
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