Take the typical police IT forensic approach, they never spin up the
system in question just rip out the drive, connect it to their PC and
hit it with their decryption tools to pull it apart.
In the UK (and I assume this is the same in the USA/Europe) the biggest
danger to security are your own staff. Either passing on information
such as passwords or physically destroying kit. A recent case in the UK
of a woman who was addicted to on-line gambling made this clear when her
boss at a bank gave her his password to make an urgent funds transfer.
It wasn't until she was made redundant that she notified the bank (they
hadn't spotted it) that she had move £400K to her own account quite
visibly to 'feed' her habit.
Good software can protect you so far, good IT admin can make things much
more secure but staff can always get you. I have heard of IT staff
arranging for every backup tape to be erased and then to erase the
servers (taking months of planning) because they were hacked off with
the company and only good IT management can deal with this type of threat.
And I would guess if you are ever targeted by a professional
infiltration group you don't stand a chance as they will attack you via
your weakest point... your staff (stupidity, extortion,sex etc.).
--
Michael Hawksworth
Visual Fox Solutions
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