Re: For those of you with alarm storefronts

[Frank Olson <use-the-email-links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

nick markowitz wrote:
> On Feb 26, 12:11 am, CH®IS <s...@xxxxx> wrote:
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>>> "CH®IS" <s...@xxxxx> wrote in messagenews:85opl.13703$Db2.1040@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> We're looking at moving our small alarm company into a fairly small
>>>> retail space downtown.  My concern is for the filing cabinets and laptop
>>>> (with DLS on it) though.  As much of a pain it would be to be broken into
>>>> (nice target afterall), it would be a huge disaster to have someone take
>>>> off with our files, many of which have codes and passwords in them.
>>>> As such, I'm curious as to what others here have setup for their offices.
>>>> Naturally we'll have an alarm in place and demo cameras recording (who
>>>> cares though).  We may also look into bars or shutters as well.  However,
>>>> the usual tactic is to steal a truck and then ram in into the building.
>>>> In this case, we don't have to worry about the side walls (adjacent
>>>> stores) or the back wall (lousy access), but the front is a typical mix
>>>> of aluminum-framed full-height windows and a glass door.
>>>> Also, this place is basically one big room (1200 ish square feet), with
>>>> no interior walls.  I had thought of building a room for the filing
>>>> cabinets as an extra layer, but that doesn't seem like it'll happen.
>>>> Any suggestions would be great.
>>>> - Chris
>>> For the laptop and any computer that has confidential information on it, I
>>> would use an encryption program.
>>> I would also scan the contracts along with any passwords and store them as
>>> PDFs on the encrypted drive.
>>> I'm not so sure that I would keep passwords and codes in the paper files.
>>> I use Truecrypt for my DLS & Ademco downloader customer files & all the
>>> company financial information, and it works well for me.
>>> Regular back ups of the encrypted file stored off site will prevent the
>>> loss of a computer/laptop being anything more than a fairly minor
>>> inconvenience.
>>> Doug
>> Generally we don't keep codes in the files (or anywhere for that matter),
>> but they're still floating around in some files, especially the ones where
>> it's a large building and customers can't/don't want to bother programming
>> their own codes.  However, the vast majority of the files have their
>> contracts in them, including call list passwords.  I'll have to look into
>> Truecrypt though, as the laptop is the only computer with anything on it I'm
>> worried about.  I don't see scanning everything as being a viable option
>> though, so the filing cabinets are still my biggest concern.
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> You forgot to include the tiger pit with sharpened Pungee sticks as
> part of the plan.


Dip the ends of the sticks in curare.  Also...  coat the pages of your
files with arsenic (as in the movie "Name of the Rose").  Make sure your
employees handle them with appropriate protection, though.  :-)

Seriously, you're going to have to secure your files in another room
that you can harden against unauthorized access (or encrypt them as Doug
has suggested and shred the hard copy).  We are, after all, in the
business of security and for you not to take the steps to protect the
paper files would constitute a breach of your customer's trust.