Not Search but Really LANL
February 13, 2009
Several years ago I gave a lecture at LANL (Los Alamos National Lab). The outfit struck me more like a college campus than a secure facility. Maybe I’m jaded, but I would have made a few tweaks. If you are curious about security and electronic information, you will want to read “Los Alamos National Lab Missing 67 Computers” here. I thought it was inappropriate to crack wise about LANL’s personnel locating a missing hard drive behind a photocopier. Hey, I have found some interesting stuff between giant Xerox copiers and the wall. But 67 computers lost from a secure facility? That’s gnarly. For me the most interesting comment in the write up in Computerworld was:
“They [LANL execs] say, at best, there is no sensitive information,” Drake said. That suggests that no system is in place for knowing what kind of information is contained on computers used at the laboratory, or if there is one, that it isn’t functioning as it should….
I have some doubts about certain nations’ information technology practices. The loss of 67 computing devices is remarkable, particularly in the US at a national lab. If you know what LANL wizards do, you might find time to send a handwritten letter to your friendly Congressperson or Senator.
Stephen Arnold, February 13, 2009
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