Lesson 1: Assets

Concerns with Hardware Assets: Physical Security

Physical security is an important security concern. Physical security involves assuring that hardware is safe from natural disaster, human misuse, and theft or vandalism.

We are fairly familiar with the concept of physical security because we practice this to some extent in our homes. We take preventative measures such as locking our doors and windows, installing fire alarms, and building our homes away from a flood plane to assure that our possessions are safe. Obviously, we also don't allow strangers to walk into our homes and peruse our belongings.

Physical security in an information security environment operates the same way. Before we investigate physical security concerns, let's look at a case study; click the icon below.