[ISN] After Bellagio heist, how slack security can cost Las Vegas casinos

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:35:08 -0600 (CST)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/jan/11/how-slack-security-can-cost-casinos/

By Liz Benston 
Las Vegas Sun
Jan. 11, 2011

In the 2001 movie “Ocean’s Eleven,” a gang of criminal masterminds uses 
con games, physical might and explosives in an elaborate plan to steal 
millions from the Bellagio vault.

The real-life version of the crime that played out on the casino’s 
security cameras last month was as daring as anything dreamed up by 
Hollywood. But it would have made for a poor movie, as it was neither 
sexy nor sophisticated. And it presented little physical risk to the 
thief inside the Bellagio — one of many major casinos that tell unarmed 
security staff to stand down during armed robberies to avoid violence in 
a crowd.

To casino security experts, it also shows how casinos are vulnerable to 
theft at a time when other gambling crimes are rising in the poor 
economy.

Layoffs have affected many departments of the big casinos, including 
security and surveillance. Less security, experts say, may have 
motivated the Dec. 14 incident when an armed thief grabbed about $1.5 
million in chips off a craps game in the predawn hours and got away on a 
motorcycle parked just outside. Moreover, Nevada law doesn’t require a 
guard by each entrance as they are in many other states or countries 
with casinos that refuse entrance to children and, in some cases, check 
IDs.

[...]


___________________________________________________________      
Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended
Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management,
Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery 
Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. 
Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure.
http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/
Received on Wed Jan 12 2011 - 00:35:08 PST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0 : Wed Jan 12 2011 - 00:47:58 PST