Timeline for Higher up doesn't carry around their security badge and asks others to let them in. What should I do about this security issue?
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| Sep 28, 2017 at 15:32 | comment | added | Dr. Funk | Tailgaiting presents a security risk because, if people become accustomed to allowing certain people to do it, they will be more likely to allow a complete stranger to do it. If it becomes common knowledge that this particular manager insists on tailgaiting her way through security checkpoints (locked doors), then someone with that knowledge could name-drop and leverage peoples' fear of crossing that manager to breach security. | |
| Nov 17, 2016 at 10:01 | comment | added | Qsigma | @Johnny please make your comment an answer | |
| Nov 16, 2016 at 19:17 | comment | added | The Merry Misanthrope | "Because I follow every process rule to the letter every time?" When it comes to security, this. | |
| Nov 16, 2016 at 1:18 | comment | added | Johnny | If the badges were just used as identification, then opening the door for the VP would be a minor flouting of the rules and not a big deal - employees already know what he looks at so don't need to see his badge. But if all employees are supposed to swipe their badge at the door, then the badge is also used as an authorization method. If the VP were quietly terminated due to misconduct and locked out of the office, opening the door for him would be a security breach... and may be a violation of possible security regulations/certifications the company follows. | |
| Nov 15, 2016 at 15:38 | comment | added | EleventhDoctor | Yes, sadly junior staff are rarely thanked for reporting very senior staff for their everyday procedural transgressions. In this case the genuine risk to the company seems low so I would let it go! | |
| Nov 15, 2016 at 13:29 | comment | added | WorkerDrone | @RaoulMensink - "I am concerned about this double standard in company security" seems clear to me. | |
| Nov 15, 2016 at 13:13 | comment | added | Raoul Mensink | @WorkerDrone no, he said that the Problem is not only about the double-Standard. The point he raises is more of an issue that the double Standard. | |
| Nov 15, 2016 at 12:57 | comment | added | WorkerDrone | @ArseniMourzenko - the OP says it is a double-standard. Why do you say it's not? | |
| Nov 15, 2016 at 1:18 | comment | added | Arseni Mourzenko | Note that if the OP allows the person—no matter who is the person, by the way—to tailgate, the OP violates the security policy, with consequences which could be severe. You don't mention that reason at all in your answer. It's not about double standards: it's about putting the OP in a situation where he can be fired for security policy violation. By the way, in some companies, both letting the person tailgate as well as observing this behavior and not reporting it was considered against the security policy. | |
| Nov 14, 2016 at 23:34 | history | edited | Joe Strazzere | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 14, 2016 at 23:29 | history | answered | Joe Strazzere | CC BY-SA 3.0 |