
Architectural Record reports in the March issue on "Building Security: Coping With Threats From Bombs to Break-Ins." It shows the parallels of designing to protect vulnerable buildings and the hapless computer systems inside them. It reviews current approaches for "crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED)." And offers a cypherpunkish outlaw-and-disorder survey of besieged corporatism: For Which of the Following Does Your Organization Have Response Plans? Employee theft 90% Bomb threats 85% Fraud 80% Employees bringing weapons to work 79% Fights among employees 76% Robberies 75% Threatening phone calls 72% Verbal threats from employees 69% Employee sabotage 65% Murder threats 60% Civil unrest 53% BES_ieg