Section 17: Physical Security Flashcards
CCTV Surveillance
Wired and wireless options. Can be physically cabled to a central monitoring station. Wireless is easier to use but is more susceptible to infererence
Pan Tilt Zoom
When you take a joystick and control the cameras
Infrared
Sort of like Predator
What are you most trying to guard in surveillance?
Entrances and exits
Varieties of door locks
keys, pins, wireless, signals, or biometrics
Mantrap
Area between two doorways that h9olds people until they are identified and authenticated
Biometrics
Relies on the physical characteristics of a person to identify them
False Acceptance Rate
Rate that a system authenticates a user as authorized or valid when they should not have been granted access to the system
False Rejection Rate
Rate that a system denies a user as authorized or valid when they should have been granted access to the system
Crossover Error Rate
An equal error rate where the false acceptance and false rejection crossover; if there’s a good one of these, that’s a positive
Bollard
A physical security control that is designed to prevent a vehicle-ramming attack