Information Security: Principles and Practices 2nd Edition by Jim Breithaupt, Mark S. Merkow

Exercise 8

Examine Your Personal Security Systems

1. Develop a checklist for your home or place of employment to help you decide if the level of physical security is adequate to protect your personal assets or your business’s assets and data.

2. Complete the checklist by taking a walk around your site.

3. Recommend what you think needs to be done to improve the physical site’s security.

Step 1 of 3

Examine personal security systems

1. The physical security is related to the protection of the assets of the organization and assures the continuity of the business in the disaster conditions. Safety of property and people, site selection, and security from unauthorized access pertain to the physical security.

The checklist of the physical security equipment for the security of business assets and data is given below:

• CC TV camera

• Proximately Scanner

• Theft alarm