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As a student in IT I am learning that no security is perfect. Now the question is how to reduce the risk of penetration, and if penetrated the theft of data/ or disruption of operations. I am sure that there are some off the shelf consumer level security products that can help reduce the risk of penetration. Would it be better to use the commercial technology to make the intruders think that they have found something else then the thing that they are looking for (The corporation that you are protecting)? I would look to distract, and delay an intruder just to make them think they where not in the right place.