County GIS builds the OSINT lab on the same laptop that runs the production parcel-edit database. What isolation requirement should the candidate insist on?
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Short Explanation
Parking the OSINT lab on the parcel-edit laptop is like doing chemistry homework on the 911 CAD terminal. One sketchy site, and production GIS is in the blast radius. Research boxes stay off the systems that actually change civic records.
Full Explanation
Research environments should not sit on production assessor or GIS edit systems. Isolation protects authoritative parcel data from malware, accidental edits, and tracking that follows OSINT browsing. Dual-homing research traffic through production VPNs or copying live databases into the lab increases coupling. A separated lab or VM leaves production GIS on its own trusted path.