Ok, so in light of a recent event that happened to some unnamed individual nearby, (cant get any more cheezy than that) I'm wondering how many others have never considered the actual physical threat's that are out there.

Last week I received a phone call, and a contract to rebuild a network that was well... "hacked". When I arrived to scope things out and give them a quote... I noticed that they were indeed hacked!! Someone had taken a hammer and used it to vent whatever frustration he had on two poor little defenseless servers. Needless to say this type of attack will probably end up costing the company more than any other threat that they "had" been prepared for. When I noticed that the tape library had, indeed been smashed as well, I asked if they had offsite backups... (of course not... doh). The network servers were in a locked room, with a dropped ceiling on both sides of the door.... all the attacker had to do was merely lift a ceiling tile, climb over the wall... and do his dirtywork.

Either way, just a story to tell.... I know that from experience, locking down a server room is not easy! There is much to consider, and in most cases management types dont see it as necessary..... untill it's too late. I have been lucky enough to have the resources to lock down most of my clients network centers, and will always keep offsite backups in rotation. You never know how hot the water is untill you're in it!

Any thoughts, views, experiences??