5.1 Physical Security Flashcards
What is physical security?
Security principals put in place to protect people, equipment and facilities.
What are business continuity planning?
Plans you put in place to ensure critical business functions can continue in place of an emergency.
What are disaster recovery plans?
Plans put in place to prepare for a potential disaster, including what to do during and after.
What are the three major concerns for physical security, in order of importance?
People, data, equipment
What are the three main kinds of physical security measures?
deterrent, detective, preventive
What are examples of Deterrent controls?
Signs outside a building - being recorded, beware dogs/ These will only help keep honest people honest.
What are examples of detective controls?
Burglar systems. systems that check for unauthorized activities. Includes humans and animal guards.
What are examples of preventive controls?
Physical means to protect - high walls, mechanical locks, bollards.
Why might you want to use RAID?
As a backup - since a RAID can store information and the infrastructure used to access it - important when data needs to be access remotely all the time incase primary system fails.
What is physical security’s most important concern?
Protecting people
What type of physical access control might you put in place to block access to a vehicle?
Bollards
Can you give three examples of physical controls that work as deterrents?
Signs - human guard - video recording
Can you give an example of how a living organism might constitute a threat to your equipment?
Small insects can chew wires causing shorts - interfere with cooling fans
Which category of physical control might include a lock?
preventive
What is residual data, and why is it a concern when protecting the security of your data?
data left in disposed hard drives, printers, fax machines that may have internal storage. These items need to be fully erased.