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    1. Integrators

    Penetration testing of electronic door access control systems

    April 19, 2010

    This video of a presentation by Shawn Merdinger (U. of Florida) at CarolinaCon VI looks at how an IT security professional performed penetration testing on a common electronic door access control system. Besides examining an IT hack on the EAS systems' database, Merdinger also references the GAO efforts at pentration testing access control systems for federal buildings. Here's my favorite quote from the presentation: "When an attacker gains physical access, it's game over."

    - Geoff

    About the Author

    Geoff Kohl | Editorial Director/Editor-in-Chief/Associate Publisher

    Geoff Kohl is editor-in-chief and associate publisher of SecurityInfoWatch.com and editorial director for Cygnus Security Media magazines Security Technology Executive and Security Dealer & Integrator (SD&I). In 2011 he founded the Secured Cities conference, an urban security/municipal video surveillance conference for law enforcement and city management. In his editorial role, he has covered the security and public safety industries for eight years, and is host of SIW's webinar training series and the SIW Radio podcast program. He is also author of The Security Check blog. He can be written to at [email protected].