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Physical security

The numerator

By GCN Staff

Beware the social hackers. In November, RSA surveyed 140 government and corporate office workers in Boston and Washington about their security habits. Here are some of the results from government workers on physical security.

32%said they had held a secured door open for someone they didn’t recognize.
34%had forgotten their access key and been let in by someone they didn’t know.
41%had noticed someone they didn’t recognize working in an empty office in their area of the building.
63%had asked for identification from or otherwise reported the stranger they observed


For more, see “The Confessions Survey: Office Workers Reveal Everyday Behavior That Places Sensitive Information at Risk” (GCN Quickfind 885).

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