Has this happened in YOUR office yet?

[W1nTry]

Security is a BIG issue in the US and other parts of the world. Be it firewalls, IDS/IPS devices, VPNs, RSA tokens, strong passwords, WMDs for themselves and NOT the rest of the world... things like that, but in YOUR office... are the admins SO paranoid that they SUPERGLUE your USB ports?

IT Managers glue up USB ports

Cut and paste willl fix it


By Nick Farrell: Tuesday 04 July 2006, 07:25

 NETWORK MANAGERS are using tubes of super glue to protect their systems from data theft.
Outfits are getting so hot and bothered at the loss of corporate data that they are removing writable drives and ordering network staff to pour superglue into USB ports, according to The Australian Financial Review.

Many firms are banning portable storage devices such as memory sticks and to make sure that none are snuck in, super glue is being seen as the answer.

Of course, there are heaps of other ways of getting data out of the system without USB devices and if someone really wants to take data out of the system, a bit of super glue isn’t going to stop them.

[Jdcrys_Shinkuu]

no it wont especially if that network happens to be Wireless.............................
whats the point of sealing it off if your personnel knows the pass key for the network?

they would still have access to secure information...........

and as long as there are humans involved data is at risk........

[Crixx_Creww]

well if they thinking security then they would never be using wireless in de first place

buh das just hyper retarded, why damage de hardware?
Just apply a gpo restricting use of removable storage hardware pfft

and if is not a domain, use local policy

[einstien101]

^duh >.>;;

[Saxito Pau]

I have heard of this before

I posting this article dated in 2004 as a reference

http://computertimes.asiaone.com.sg/handson/story/0,5104,2280,00.html

I think even TechRepublic.com had an old article on that

but thas real paranoia on any admin's part...

(reminds me of a time a Sgt who used to work Police HQ tell me they order about 20 computers without any optical drives to prevent software from being installed by users - until the admins themselves needed to install software on the machines.... )

[Computerman]

IT Managers glue up USB ports

Cut and paste willl fix it


By Nick Farrell: Tuesday 04 July 2006, 07:25

 NETWORK MANAGERS are using tubes of super glue to protect their systems from data theft.
Outfits are getting so hot and bothered at the loss of corporate data that they are removing writable drives and ordering network staff to pour superglue into USB ports, according to The Australian Financial Review.

Many firms are banning portable storage devices such as memory sticks and to make sure that none are snuck in, super glue is being seen as the answer.

Of course, there are heaps of other ways of getting data out of the system without USB devices and if someone really wants to take data out of the system, a bit of super glue isn’t going to stop them.

**STEUPS**

Dat soundin like iz a politician come up wit dat!

[New Era Outlaw]

Dat soundin like iz a NAZI come up wit dat!

Fixed.

[Trinitus]

Well dat is some real kicks, they getting real desperate, they might as station a security guad at every cubicle and put an electronic leash on all the employees. WTF???

[W1nTry]

With all the new gadgets ppl have these days, I think i'll try to update this thread as often as I find something interesting... so here:

Bosses get new toy to track employees' mobile phones

We know where you are

By Nick Farrell: Monday 07 August 2006, 13:45
 
A SCOTTISH company has released hardware that will enable bosses to track where their employees are by finding their mobile phones.

Trisent, based in Dunfermline, claims its Trilocator product is more accurate and cheaper than GPS Cell-ID systems.

Although an employee has the option of turning off their phone to switch the surveillance system off, civil liberty groups fear that there will be incredible pressures on staff to let the boss know where they are all the time.

The Sydney Morning Herald quotes Doug Jewell, a spokesman for the rights group Liberty as saying that just because a person gives up eight hours a day to an employer did not mean that they owned you. He said that there was no reason for an employer to know where you are 24/7.

A spokesTrisent said all of its clients must sign up to its code of practice. When the phone is switched on the employee is told that they are being tracked. There is no way that a boss can secretly monitor someone.

The system has been tested by the Russian telecoms giant VimpelCom. Apparently there were few complaints as the many of its workers remembered what it was like being tracked by people who wanted to know what they were up to all the time.

Mobile phone tracking used to be considered an invasion of privacy in Britain. However the laws were relaxed in May after lobbying from parents who wanted to keep track of their children. A child tracking service is going to be released in August which will make it harder to lose the little urchins than at any time in history. µ

This shouldn't be a problem in T&T unless you're on a Digicel phone, cause as we all know, TSTT cells aren't guaranteed to work whenever you NEED them to.. well not the cells, but the service. On another note, this could be a good tool to use against kidnapping.

[Saxito Pau]

I agree. Barring the so-called service, this ought to be more effective than any other 'blimping' methods used by the government thus far.

A people version of car search ineffect...just make sure that you don't turn off yuh phone and don't lose it.

[38_CalibuR]

crix that real mad