[480] in Resnet-Forum
Re: Lab security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terry Miller)
Fri Feb 17 08:40:10 1995
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 08:20:02 -0500
To: singleton@ccsua.ctstateu.edu (Bill Singleton)
From: tmiller@falcon.bgsu.edu (Terry Miller)
Cc: resnet-forum@MIT.EDU
>We are in the process of installing our first residence hall MAC lab. As a
>compact, urban campus, I have a number of concerns about physical security
>of the systems. Can others on the list tell me:
>
>1. What is the likliehood of theft/vandalism given that no infrastructure
>is in place in Residence Life to support the lab?
>
I would say that your risk of theft is probably high. Our campus uses
alarms on the doors as well as motion detectors in the rooms. The motion
detectors were implemented after thieves circumvented the door by climbing
over a wall and crawling through a suspended ceiling. We also cable the
equipment to the desks.
>2. What physical security devices you use/recommend?
>
Our campus uses alarms on the doors as well as motion detectors in the
rooms. The motion detectors were implemented after thieves circumvented the
door by climbing over a wall and crawling through a suspended ceiling. We
also cable the equipment to the desks.
>I am particularly interested in security, since I would like to open our
>main PC/MAC lab on an unmonitored 7x24 basis, but we have had several
>thefts even during monitored hours. I have seen a fiber optic-based system
>that triggers an alarm when the optical link is compromised. Can anyone
>speak to those devices (and give me names of vendors)?
>
Perhaps you can implement a monitoring system with electronic keys or cards
that student must use to enter the room of the 24 hr lab. Each unique
electronic key would be registered to a specific student. Electronic
monitoring would show when a student entered the lab. This would discourage
theft because the student could be placed at the scene of the crime.
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