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To: KoRn

Agreed. I am in IT in a medical environment, and I could see someone walking up to a high-end workstation and just putting a specially made USB drive into a port (nobody ever looks to see if one is there when they login) and just walking away.


12 posted on 10/06/2014 10:02:51 AM PDT by rlmorel (The Media's Principles: Conflict must exist. Doesn't exist? Create it. Exists? Exacerbate it.)
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To: rlmorel

I also work in Healthcare IT(network admin - well that’s my title but I really do EVERYTHING), and I was thinking of the mobile workstations that are often left in hallways or sometimes in patient rooms where just anyone can walk up and get physical access. We have the machines locked within the carts they’re mounted on, but someone could get to the machines if they REALLY wanted to.

There are also many offices that are open, publicly accessible, and frequently left empty. Someone could EASILY walk in there and connect to a USB port in just a few seconds. Of course, if your network/system is setup right, it SHOULDN’T matter what happens on a local workstation, as the bad code would begin and end there. However, if it’s a workstation that handles sensitive information, a considerable amount of damage could be done.


13 posted on 10/06/2014 11:34:10 AM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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