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IT flags aging access-control system, recommends phased replacement after staff demonstrate badge cloning
Summary
IT staff demonstrated inexpensive badge cloning and described an aging access-control system with unsupported control boards. They proposed a phased replacement with integrated cameras and modern authentication methods.
Grant, an IT/security staff member, told council members that the parish’s building access-control equipment is near end-of-life and poses both operational and cybersecurity risks.
Grant demonstrated that badges can be copied from inexpensive readers and warned that replacement parts and control boards are no longer manufactured for many buildings. "The software is vulnerable," he said, noting the vendor no longer supports the older control boards and parts sometimes must be salvaged from secondary markets. He added the parish has paid about $130,000 for onsite…
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