World broke. Crazy $$ per hour down time. Doors open with a fire axe. Glass breaks super easy too and much less expensive then adding 15 min to failure.
-jim On Tue., Oct. 5, 2021, 7:05 p.m. Jeff Shultz, <jeffshu...@sctcweb.com> wrote: > 7. Make sure any access controlled rooms have physical keys that are > available at need - and aren't secured by the same access control that they > are to circumvent. . > 8. Don't make your access control dependent on internet access - always > have something on the local network it can fall back to. > > That last thing, that apparently their access control failed, locking > people out when either their outward facing DNS and/or BGP routes went > goodbye, is perhaps the most astounding thing to me - making your access > control into an IoT device without (apparently) a quick workaround for a > failure in the "I" part. > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 6:01 AM Jared Mauch <ja...@puck.nether.net> wrote: > >> >> >> > On Oct 4, 2021, at 4:53 PM, Jorge Amodio <jmamo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > How come such a large operation does not have an out of bound access in >> case of emergencies ??? >> > >> > >> >> I mentioned to someone yesterday that most OOB systems _are_ the >> internet. It doesn’t always seem like you need things like modems or >> dial-backup, or access to these services, except when you do it’s >> critical/essential. >> >> A few reminders for people: >> >> 1) Program your co-workers into your cell phone >> 2) Print out an emergency contact sheet >> 3) Have a backup conference bridge/system that you test >> - if zoom/webex/ms are down, where do you go? Slack? Google meet? >> Audio bridge? >> - No judgement, but do test the system! >> 4) Know how to access the office and who is closest. >> - What happens if they are in the hospital, sick or on vacation? >> 5) Complacency is dangerous >> - When the tools “just work” you never imagine the tools won’t work. >> I’m sure the lessons learned will be long internally. >> - I hope they share them externally so others can learn. >> 6) No really, test the backup process. >> >> >> >> * interlude * >> >> Back at my time at 2914 - one reason we all had T1’s at home was largely >> so we could get in to the network should something bad happen. My home IP >> space was in the router ACLs. Much changed since those early days as this >> network became more reliable. We’ve seen large outages in the past 2 years >> of platforms, carriers, etc.. (the Aug 30th 2020 issue is still firmly in >> my memory). >> >> Plan for the outages and make sure you understand your playbook. It may >> be from snow day to all hands on deck. Test it at least once, and ideally >> with someone who will challenge a few assumptions (eg: that the cell >> network will be up) >> >> - Jared > > > > -- > Jeff Shultz > > > Like us on Social Media for News, Promotions, and other information!! > > <https://www.facebook.com/SCTCWEB/> [image: > https://www.instagram.com/sctc_sctc/] > <https://www.instagram.com/sctc_sctc/> > <https://www.yelp.com/biz/sctc-stayton-3> > <https://www.youtube.com/c/sctcvideos> > > > > > > > > **** This message contains confidential information and is intended only > for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender > immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and > delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be > guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, > corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. > The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions > in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail > transmission. **** >
