> Donn B. Parker's 7 Major Sources of Physical Loss
1. Extreme temperature: heat, cold
2. Gases: war gases, commercial vapors, humid/dry air, suspended particles
3. Liquids: water, chemicals
4. Living organisms: viruses, bacteria, people, animals, insects
5. Projectiles: tangible objects in motions, powered objects
6. Movement: collapse, shearing, shaking, vibration, liquefaction, flow waves, separation, slide
7. Energy anomalies: electrical surge or failure, magnetism, static electricity, aging circuity; radiation: sound, light, radio, microwave, electromagnetic, atomic
What are the primary threats to physical security?
Examples of physical threats include:.
Natural events (e.g., floods, earthquakes, and tornados).
Other environmental conditions (e.g., extreme temperatures, high humidity, heavy rains, and lightning).
Intentional acts of destruction (e.g., theft, vandalism, and arson).
What is physically security?
Physical security is the protection of personnel, hardware, software, networks and data from physical actions and events that could cause serious loss or damage to an enterprise, agency or institution. This includes protection from fire, flood, natural disasters, burglary, theft, vandalism and terrorism.
What is a physical IT security threat?
Physical threat to a computer system can be as an outcome of loss of the entire computer system, damage of hardware, damage to the computer software, theft of the computer system, vandalism, natural disaster including flood, fire, war, earthquakes etc.
What is physical security cybersecurity?
Physical security protects cybersecurity by limiting access to spaces where data is stored, and the reverse is also true. Physical security components connected to the Internet, such as RFID key card door locks, smartphones, and video surveillance cameras, are common targets for hackers.