How I Rob Banks

Chapter 12I Needed a New Computer

This anecdote explains why it is vital that everyone in your company knows what you do and understands that if they ever see you, they should act as if they do not know you. In this case, I had been asked to break into a small secure building for a client. Unknown to me, the company I was working for was doing other work for that client, which happened to be going on at the same time I decided to perform my attack.

During this assessment, my colleague, let's call him Rod, was on site to witness the attack. As for his reaction to seeing me in action, well, I shall do my best to retell his side of the story for you later.

My target was a small room that contained a maximum of eight staff members. It was down a dog-legged corridor that offered no way to get a clear view of what was happening in the room. I had to go in blind and do, well, pretty much anything just to prove to the client that I had made it there.

I managed to gain access to the building rather easily by tailgating my way into the ground floor. Once in, I was able to locate a stairwell and shoot up the steps three at a time. Despite a few odd looks from people surprised to see someone with such enthusiasm climbing the stairs, no one really cared I was there.

As the building was pretty small, finding my way to the target dog-legged corridor was painless. I listened at the corner and could hear nothing, or at least no one seemed to be walking toward the corner. I did not have a plan ...