Richard Reeve
Created: July 28, 2021 10:55 PM
The team assembled in a Plymouth parking lot under the cover of darkness.
Gearing up equipment, wearing dark clothing, they prepared for a break-in.
They walked in a single line to avoid security cameras.
“We actually will go at night, emulate an actual bad guy,” said Brian Halbach, a security expert with RedTeam security of St. Paul. “Break in using the same tools and techniques that the criminals use.”
Their mission this night: uncover cyber and infrastructure security weaknesses at Intereum, an office furniture supply company.
“We worked with this organization to do what we called penetration tests,” said Matt Quinn, Intereum’s vice president of integrated solutions. “They worked on trying to get through the perimeter, through the physical parts of the building … we also had them take some steps around cybersecurity, vulnerabilities.”