From:	"Richard C. Osterhout" <rcoster@*****.NET>
Subject:	Re: GenCon FASA...Opps FA$A Update...
Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 1993 09:47:31 -0400

On Thu, 26 Aug 1993, Chris Ryan wrote on the upcoming Corporate Security
sourcebook:

> I thought something like this was mentioned in NAGRL. From memory, I thought
> there was discussion there on various security measures.
>
> I'm starting to wonder whether this book is going to be worth it.
>
> It depends on the site and the paranoia of the management involved - or so it
> seems from what I've seen in RL.


well, considering that the section you are addressing was only a small
part of the book, and this will be an entire sourcebook, i would say that
the NAGRL only gave a cursory examination of the situation...the
sourcebook will go into more depth...i did not want to give other examples
or tidbits without clearing it with mike, but i will talk to him next week
when i get back from vacation and see if he wants to share any insights on
the new book....


it is, of course, always your choice whether or not you buy a book...


as far as your thoughts on the site and paranoia of the management
determine the security, i can only say that the government, who is
probably the most paranoid of all, works just as i posed...the security is
higher outside the facility...once you get inside, there is very
little...i work for the DOD, so believe me, i know...also, my father used
to work with AT&T, and they're security was all external...about the only
thing they did inside was computer passwords and such...much the same for
a lot of the other corporations i've seen...the idea here is that if you
get through the outer security to the inside, then you must belong there
and its time to go to work...you wouldnt get much work done if everytime
you left your office to go to the bathroom down the hall, you had to pass
through a metal detector, check a pass with a guard, enter a PIN code a/o
palmprint identification, answer three questions about your personal life,
etc....it would be even worse to go down two or three floors to the
cafeteria to eat lunch!!! :)

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