@asuffield said:
This is because you're in corporate buildings. They aren't actually designed to be secure: most corporations really do not care if people steal their stuff, because they have insurance for that, so implementing real security (beyond the requirements of their insurance policy) would be a waste of money. Rather, they are designed to look secure and impressive, because impressing visiting customers and investors is good for the share price. If they did not have to impress anybody, the buildings would not even appear to be secure.
Real security only happens when there is something valuable to protect that can't be replaced via insurance.
I generally agree with that. Really, if you wanted to get into our office, all you have to do is follow somebody in. Nobody actually checks ID. Even the secure areas of the office are easy to access that way. Our lab is supposedly restricted access. But in order to gain access, all you have to do is e-mail the IT guys telling them you need it. They don't bother to verify that with the managers. Not that there's anything that's easy to steal in the lab. You'd look kinda conspicuous taking a server off the rack and walking away with it.