Official secrets act [wirelessly connecting to CCR printers]
Sorry I am chuckling to myself but I was trying to find a way to remotely connect to one of the two printers in the CCR this morning. As it is material I cannot email to myself or log onto on another computer I thought this was the safest way to do so.
Upon my unsuccessful attempts I asked the BA staff at the desk next to the CCR office who said those printers cannot have any wireless connections onto them due to official secret act and security. I realised I made a mistake by asking, but seriously, is there a terrorist who is gonna print some paper airplanes or what?,,...... |
Staff quoting you the ‘Official Secrets Act’ seems a little OTT. However, if you could connect to the printers wirelessly then so could a terrorist. As far as I am aware, the printers are connected to the BA system. In the wrong hands, anything could happen. FLY might even go down. 😉
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Given what you know about BAs IT security would you really be comfortable connecting your work device wirelessly when you admit you wouldn’t be comfortable emailing or accessing via the web on a BA PC?!
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Not answering the security policy question, but my approach to printing stuff is:
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If they have an email to print function, that’d be the easiest way to do it.
1. Send email with the attachment that needs printing to the print server email address 2. Receive unique code 3. Approach device, enter code and collect print |
You guys realize there is a chance your secret documents get saved to the printer cache and therefore accessibke to anybody who has access tonthat drive? If its really such sensitive material you might not want to use public printers.
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Originally Posted by flatlander
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Not answering the security policy question, but my approach to printing stuff is:
I would avoid doing this with any seriously confidential data. OT: one of my favourite "need to print something" moments was in the Taj in Bombay. When I asked to print a file I was sent to the business centre. They asked me to email the file to them and I looked a bit reluctant, and they assured me their service was highly confidential etc. etc. I did so, they printed it, and gave it to me saying "10 crosswords? Is that right?" - they then realised my hesitancy had actually been sheepishness at asking them to print crosswords. |
clearly the only secure method is to travel with your own portable printer
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The important questions are
1. Was it 276 pages long? 2. Did you have a pile high plate of breakfast to eat whilst it was printing? |
Originally Posted by UKtravelbear
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The important questions are
1. Was it 276 pages long? 2. Did you have a pile high plate of breakfast to eat whilst it was printing? |
Originally Posted by Nick Art
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You guys realize there is a chance your secret documents get saved to the printer cache and therefore accessibke to anybody who has access tonthat drive? If its really such sensitive material you might not want to use public printers.
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Originally Posted by HIDDY
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Indeed.....you'd never see James Bond using a printer in the CCR. More likely to be seen at the bar sipping a Babycham.
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Originally Posted by UKtravelbear
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James is more of a VS man these days and he'd be sipping away on a Vesper Martini in the Clubhouse.
If security really is a concern then I would neither print the document nor connect the device to any network - be that wifi or printer. |
Originally Posted by HIDDY
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Indeed.....you'd never see James Bond using a printer in the CCR. More likely to be seen at the bar sipping a Babycham.
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As a person who was required to sign the official secrets act years ago (think 1970s) for working on guidance systems, there can be a lot of reasons that particular reason applies
Wifi is one I guess - who knows... it’s probably a secret. |
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