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DEFINITION: Physical security is the protection of personnel, hardware, programs, networks, and data from physical circumstances and events that could cause serious losses or damage to an enterprise, agency, or institution. This includes protection from fire, natural disasters, burglary, theft, vandalism, and terrorism.

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Providing Effective Management of the Data Recovery Process
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 07 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2008
SUMMARY: Recovery management is a set of processes and integrated technologies that meet the requirement to manage data recovery and to ensure a speedy resumption of IT services.

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Enterprise Authentication: Increasing Security without Breaking the Bank
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 19 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2007
SUMMARY: Enterprise authentication used to be simple: passwords for everyone, expensive tokens for a small number who work remotely.

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Covering All the Bases - IAM
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 05 Feb 2008 | Published: 05 Feb 2008
SUMMARY: This eBook shows you how to build a business case for identity and access management (IAM) and details the benefits of implementing two-factor authentication within your organization. You will also learn how IAM can help your company remain complia...

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Determining Total Cost of Ownership for Data Center and Network Room Infrastructure
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 04 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Feb 2005
SUMMARY: This white paper describes an improved method for measuring TCO for data center and network room physical infrastructure, and provides examples on how to relate these costs to the overall IT infrastructure and evaluate cost control strategies.

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PHYSICAL SECURITY DEFINITION (continued): …  security is often overlooked (and its importance underestimated) in favor of more technical and dramatic issues such as hacking, viruses, Trojans, and spyware. However, breaches of physical security can be carried out with little or no technical knowledge on the part of an attacker. Moreover, accidents and natural disasters are a part of everyday life, and in the long term, are inevitable.

There are three main components to physical security. … 
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