Question

Technology provides many of us with a false sense of security, and in some cases we are very dependent on technology for all security needs. Based on what you learned about physical security, what are some of the common things you see as gaps of physical security in your organization or any organization for which you have worked? Provide a potential solution in your answer that you learned about in this week’s readings and media.

Answer 1

The physical security issues in my organization are 1. The drivers are not disabled properly. Everyone can access the drivers 2. Backups are visible to everyone 3. There is no specialized security to the server room 4. Vulnerable devices are not 5. Anyone can access the printer 6. Portable machines are not protected. maintained There are 3 components where physical security comes under a. Potential attacker b. Environmental disasters c. Sites accidents d. Survei e. Apprehend attacks llance Solution for the issues: 1.

a. Disable USB ports, floppy drivers and other external drivers b. Disconnect the cables c. Enable disk locks 2. a. Back up information should not be saved in floppy drivers or external disk b. Backup servers should be locked c. It should be kept off the site a. Server room should be locked b. Provide more policies c. Do not give unnecessary access to other people 4 a. There are lot of possiblites to plug a vulnerable device and put in laptop and sniff through the data b. They should be kept away, locked and secured properl. a. There is also security risk to the printer b. It contains the memory which stores the previously printed materials c. They should also be saved like a server and vulnerable devices a. Machines like laptops, PDA are always protecte<d b. Lock it properly c. Store it properly d. Keep away from employees