Re: For those of you with alarm storefronts

[nick markowitz <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 26, 12:11=A0am, CH=AEIS <s...@xxxxx> wrote:
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> >> We're looking at moving our small alarm company into a fairly small
> >> retail space downtown. =A0My concern is for the filing cabinets and la=
ptop
> >> (with DLS on it) though. =A0As much of a pain it would be to be broken=
 into
> >> (nice target afterall), it would be a huge disaster to have someone ta=
ke
> >> off with our files, many of which have codes and passwords in them.
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> >> As such, I'm curious as to what others here have setup for their offic=
es.
> >> Naturally we'll have an alarm in place and demo cameras recording (who
> >> cares though). =A0We may also look into bars or shutters as well. =A0H=
owever,
> >> the usual tactic is to steal a truck and then ram in into the building=
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> >> 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 mi=
x
> >> of aluminum-framed full-height windows and a glass door.
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> >> Also, this place is basically one big room (1200 ish square feet), wit=
h
> >> no interior walls. =A0I had thought of building a room for the filing
> >> cabinets as an extra layer, but that doesn't seem like it'll happen.
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> >> Any suggestions would be great.
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> >> - Chris
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> > 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 file=
s.
> > I use Truecrypt for my DLS & Ademco downloader customer files & all the
> > company financial information, and it works well for me.
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> > 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.
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> > Doug
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> 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 wher=
e
> it's a large building and customers can't/don't want to bother programmin=
g
> their own codes. =A0However, the vast majority of the files have their
> contracts in them, including call list passwords. =A0I'll have to look in=
to
> Truecrypt though, as the laptop is the only computer with anything on it =
I'm
> worried about. =A0I don't see scanning everything as being a viable optio=
n
> 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.