Reply to post: Re: Metal door

Never let something so flimsy as a locked door to the computer room stand in the way of an auditor on the warpath

Colintd

Re: Metal door

We had a mainframe room "upgraded" from high security key lock (which were good enough that I struggled to pick them) to an RF fob lock and one of those big magnetic latches. This was supposed to be for better security (with entry logs) for a high profile project. I demonstrated that I could open the new door either by flicking a mcb on the breaker panel (it was held shut with an active magnet, so fail open) or a really solid shoulder barge (once you opened up a small gap, the magnetic force drops off pretty sharply).

The new system was quickly replaced by some good high security physical locks...

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