The Dark Side of Efficiency: When Network Controllers Become "God Mode" for Attackers (opens in new tab)

Imagine you build a massive corporate campus with every security control money can buy. Blast resistant doors. Biometric scanners. Guards at every entrance. Maybe something similar to the infamous Death Star. On paper, it looks fantastic. Then, somewhere along the way, somebody decides the maintenance team needs a universal key that opens every door in the building without setting off any alarms.That certainly makes operations easier, but it also means one mistake, one compromise (like a well...