A type of preventive/physical access control is:
A.
Biometrics for identification
B.
An intrusion detection system
C.
Biometrics for authentication
D.
Motion detectors
Explanation:
Biometrics applied to identification of an individual is a one-tomany search where an individual’s
physiological or behavioral characteristics are compared to a database of stored information. An
example would be trying to match a person’s fingerprints to a set in a national database of
fingerprints. This search differs from the biometrics search for authentication in answer “Biometrics
for authentication”. That search would be a one-toone comparison of a person’s physiological or
behavioral characteristics with their corresponding entry in an authentication database. Answer
“motion detectors” is a type of detective physical control and answer d is a detective/technical
control.