They often work to promote a casual atmosphere to their employees and overlook establishing security procedures in their rush to get out new products. Security guards are rarely posted in many companies' lobbies, doors go unlocked, computers lack intrusion safeguards. On several occasions at optical data-switching equipment manufacturer Cyras Systems Inc.of Fremont, Calif., two men in black suits entered unannounced and made a beeline for the company's engineering department before being stopped. And earlier this month, the company hired guards at a West Coast trade show after a crate containing sensitive equipment was broken into. Unfortunately, that means many of us are having to 'Big Brother'-up the place.
Industry analysts say many such companies are doing the same.
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