Section 2.7 Physical Security Controls

Question 1

What is put into place to prevent unauthorized users form getting access to an environment of system physically?

Answer 1

Physical Security

Question 2

Your first line of defense is the security of what in your organization?

Answer 2

Security of the perimeter of the facility or the boundaries of it’s property

Question 3

Lighting on the perimeter should be set to come on at what hours?

Answer 3

From dusk till dawn

Question 4

What involves using one or more different types of sensors to detect the presence of a person in a restricted area?

Answer 4

Motion detection

Question 5

The main drawback of most intrusion systems is what?

Answer 5

Large number of false alarms due to weather, animals, and improper calibrations

Question 6

An electronic lock often uses a pin code, and thus may be known as a what?

Answer 6

Cipher lock

Question 7

Laptop computers should be fitted with what to securely attach them to a current work area?

Answer 7

Cable locks

Question 8

What do you call a two-tier, physical access control method with two physical barriers, such as doors, between the person and the resource that the person is trying to access, such as a secure building?

Answer 8

Access Control Vestibule/Mantrap

Question 9

What do you call the special containers that keep mobile devices from communicating with the outside world?

Answer 9

Faraday Container/Cage

Question 10

What do you call a device that looks similar to a USB thumb drive that prevents any data transfer through it?

Answer 10

USB Data blocker

Question 11

What do you call a secure area that is typically reserved for the most extreme scenarios by providing the most restrictive type of segmentation?

Answer 11

Air gaps

Question 12

What do you call a secure area that hold people, systems, and very sensitive materials and generally require at least a 2 person mechanism to enter?

Answer 12

Safes and Vaults

Question 13

What do you call a secure area that acts as a buffer between a public area and an internal, private area? Can be both physical and logical in nature.

Answer 13

Screened Subnet/Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

Question 14

What do you call a device that plugs directly into the power supply outlet and ensures that the power that reaches the computer equipment is free of voltage fluctuations and interference?

Answer 14

Line Conditioner/Power Conditioner

Question 15

What do you call a short post used to divert vehicle traffic from an area or road?

Answer 15

Bollard

Question 16

What do you call a turnstile device that only allow one person in at a time?

Answer 16

Access control vestibule/Mantrap

Question 17

Through __________, you can compare the audit trails and access logs with a visually recorded history of the events.

Answer 17

CCTV

Question 18

What do you call a device that blocks the data pins on the USB device, which prevents attacks in unsecure scenarios?

Answer 18

USB Data Blocker

Question 19

What is the ideal humidity level?

Answer 19

40-60%

Question 20

What is the ideal temperature level for computers?

Answer 20

60-75F

Question 21

At what temperature do computer systems become damaged?

Answer 21

175F

Question 22

What do you call an enclosure used to block electromagnetic fields? Prevents wireless or cellular phones from working inside the enclosure.

Answer 22

Faraday Cages

Question 23

What do you call a boundary layer between the LAN and the WAN that holds information that companies may want people from the internet to access?

Answer 23

Screened Subnet

Question 24

What kind of system encases network cabling within a carrier? It enables data to be securely transferred between two high-security areas through an area of lower security.

Answer 24

Protected Distribution System (PDS)

Question 25

In what kind of PDS is network cabling run within metal conduit and all conduit connections are permanently welded or glued to prevent external access?

Answer 25

Hardened Carrier

Question 26

In what kind of PDS is there an electronic alarm system that can detect attempts to compromise the carrier and access the protected cable within it?

Answer 26

Alarmed Carrier

Question 27

In what kind of PDS are security guards continuously monitoring the carrier to detect any intrusion attempt by attackers?

Answer 27

Continuously Viewed Carrier

Question 28

Where can data be encrypted and stored in the cloud, giving you an extra-secure storage area?

Answer 28

Vaults

Question 29

What are used for the storage of laptops and tablets?

Answer 29

Safes