Which security control is most eff ective in curtailing and preventing piggybacking or tailgating as a means of unauthorized access?

When using a piece of portable computing equipment or media, regardless if it is being used inside the facility or is being removed for legitimate business outside of the facility, simple protection methods need to be employed in order to maintain the security of the equipment. These consist of .

Personal identity verification systems which use hand or fi ngerprint, handwriting, eye pattern, voice, face, or any other physical characteristics for authentication are

Physical security is applied by using of physical protective measures to prevent or minimize theft, unauthorized access, or destruction of property.

What would you call a comprehensive overview of a facility to include physical security controls, policy, procedures, and employee safety?

What is the means of protecting the physical devices associated with the alarm system through line supervision, encryption, or tamper alarming of enclosures and components?

A vulnerability assessment tour of a facility is designed to gather information regarding the general layout of the facility, the location of key assets, information about facility operations and production capabilities and locations and types of physical protection systems. During this tour and subsequent tours the vulnerability assessment member or team should be looking to:

Designing a new building to mitigate threats is simpler and more cost effective than retrofitting an existing building. Important security benefi ts are achieved not by hardware and electronic devices but by shrewd site selection, proper placement of the building on the site and careful location of building occupants and functions to minimize exposure to threat. Th ese factors also have the benefit of reducing operating expenses over the lifetime of the building. An obvious example of this is planning for:

All visitors entering the facility should sign in and out on a visitors log, whether a pen and paper system or a computer-based system, to maintain accountability of who is in the facility. Th is system is also established for what other reasons?

Businesses face new and complex physical security challenges across the full spectrum of operations. Although security technologies are not the answer to all organizational security problem, if applied appropriately what will they provide?