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This pilot fish is in charge of computing facility operations, and he takes security seriously.

“As part of trying to do the ‘right’ thing, I instituted some policies, such as regular password changes, regular checks and purges of our password files, group files and user database,” says fish.

But he knows that, for some people, that’s not enough. So fish and his team decide to post a list of the worst password policy violators — who’s using old passwords and how long it’s been since they’ve been changed.

That way, everyone will see just how bad things can get when people aren’t paying attention.

A team member puts together the list, then brings it to fish and says, “Would you look this over before I post it?”

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IT consultant gets a gig doing work for a government agency that frequently handles top-secret documents — and it gets a bit surreal at times, reports a pilot fish in the know.

“When Fred would get to work, a guard armed with an assault rifle would turn on a red light,” fish says. “That signaled all employees to cover their papers and turn off their monitors.

“Fred would then be escorted through cubeville — with the eyes of every employee on him — to a windowless office, where he would be locked in. The process repeated at the end of the day — he had to phone the guard to come get him.

“But what about bathroom breaks? The same process was followed, except the guard had to accompany Fred into the restroom, and Fred had to remain in the guard’s direct line of sight at all times to prevent loss of restricted data.

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