Chapter 10: Site and Facility Security

Question 1

CPTED

Answer 1

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design; combines physical environment and sociology issues that surround it to reduce crime rates and fear of crime

Question 2

Four strategies of CPTED

Answer 2

natural access control, natural surveillance, territorial reinforcement, maintenance

Question 3

Natural access control

Answer 3

guiding people for entering and leaving spaces with placement of doors, fences, lighting, landscaping

Question 4

Goal of natural surveillance

Answer 4

provide an open and well-designed environment where authorized personnel feel safe and comfortable and criminals feel uncomfortable by providing many ways observers could potentially see them

Question 5

Territorial reinforcement

Answer 5

emphasize or extend the org’s physical sphere of influence by creating physical designs (walls, fences, landscaping) so legitimate users feel a sense of ownership

Question 6

CPTED’s maintenance principle

Answer 6

deter criminal activity by making sites look well cared for; implying site personnel are more attentive, well resourced, and alert

Question 7

target hardening

Answer 7

denies access through physical and artificial barriers (alarms, locks, fences)

Question 8

primary power source

Answer 8

used in day-to-day operations

Question 9

alternative power source

Answer 9

backup in case the primary source fails

Question 10

smoke detectors

Answer 10

located on and above suspended ceilings, below raised floors, and in air ducts to provide maximum fire detection

Question 11

A fire needs…

Answer 11

high temperatures, oxygen, and fuel

Question 12

portable fire extinguishers within …

Answer 12

50 feet of electrical equipment and should be inspected quarterly

Question 13

CO2

Answer 13

colorless, odorless, and potentially lethal substance because it removes the oxygen from the air to suppress fires

Question 14

Windows

Answer 14

standard, tempered, acrylic, wired, laminated

Question 15

CO2 fire extinguishers

Answer 15

to be used when electrical equipment is on fire; not in workspaces or gas or metal fires

Question 16

Water sprinklers

Answer 16

very effective against wood and paper fires and safe for humans so good choice for use in workspaces; not for electric, gas, metal

Question 17

landscaping and bollards

Answer 17

natural access control

Question 18

pedestrian walkway

Answer 18

natural surveillance

Question 19

sense of ownership of a property and tendency to protect it

Answer 19

territorial reinforcement

Question 20

implementing locks, security guards, proximity devices

Answer 20

target hardening; not a component of CPTED

Question 21

High humidity

Answer 21

can cause corrosion

Question 22

low humidity

Answer 22

can cause excessive static electricity

Question 23

Static electricity

Answer 23

can short out devices or cause loss of information

Question 24

Fourth principle of CPTED

Answer 24

maintenance; deter criminal activity by making sites look well cared for

Question 25

category of controls in physical security

Answer 25

deterrence, delaying, detection, assessment, and response; lighting is a control not a category of controls

Question 26

shared responsibility in physical security

Answer 26

different orgs have services agreement; leasing office spaces and having landlord provide security in entry points

Question 27

defense in depth for physical security

Answer 27

create concentric rings around your most critical resources; only certain individuals should have access to the executive spaces and possibly, data center floor unless there are other security controls in place