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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.Physical security is often overlooked (and its importance underestimated) in favor of more technical … Definition continues below.
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Eliminate the hidden costs of records management sponsored by Iron Mountain WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about the hidden costs of records management. Access detailed worksheets that will allow you to estimate your own company's savings opportunities in leveraging a solution that manages both electronic and physical records. Posted: 06 Mar 2012 \| Published: 06 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Compliance Audits \| Compliance Best Practices \| Document Imaging \| Document Management \| Physical Security \| Records Management \| Records Management Software \| Records Retention \| Risk Management

Dedicated Transportation: Extra Care for Your Critical Data sponsored by Iron Mountain WEBCAST: Watch this brief demo to learn about Iron Mountain's new Dedicated Transportation service, which ensures the safe delivery of your data to its destination. Posted: 12 May 2011 \| Premiered: May 12, 2011 TOPICS: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Disaster Recovery \| Physical Security \| Risk Management \| Security \| Tape Backups \| Transportation Management

Beyond Passwords & Outdated Physical Access Systems sponsored by Entrust, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Learn why passwords and traditional physical access systems are simply inefficient in this day and age and discover how smart credentials are a vital component of your physical and logical access security strategy. Posted: 05 Sep 2012 \| Published: 31 Aug 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Rights \| Authentication \| Barcodes \| Biometrics \| Endpoint Security \| Identification Systems \| Identity Management \| Network Security \| Password Management \| Passwords \| Physical Security \| Security \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Systems \| Security Tokens \| Smart Cards \| USB

Manage Physical Access Control within a Virtual Server Environment sponsored by RedCloud Security WHITE PAPER: Explore how to manage physical access control within a virtual server environment. View this data sheet to uncover RedCloud Virtual, a web-based, access control virtual appliance that allows organizations to maintain enterprise-grade physical security without the risk of storing sensitive information on a shared server hosted in a public cloud. Posted: 15 Mar 2012 \| Published: 15 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Control Software \| Network Security \| Network Security Appliances \| Physical Security \| Security Management \| Virtualization Security

Building the Right Mobile Security Toolkit sponsored by ArcSight, an HP Company EGUIDE: Due to the rapid proliferation of mobile security threats, it’s critical that organizations put a new emphasis on their mobile device security strategies. This expert tip explores today’s threats to mobile devices and offers suggestions for building the right mobile security toolkit to prevent them from doing harm. Posted: 01 Jun 2011 \| Published: 01 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Authentication \| Authorization \| Encryption Standards \| Malware \| Mobile Device Management \| Physical Security \| Security Threats \| Smart Phones

Achieving Disaster Recovery with Virtualization sponsored by Dell Compellent EBOOK: Implementing disaster recovery is both time consuming and costly. And as an IT pro, you are constantly on the look out for new strategies that can help make the process more cost-efficient. Learn how turning to virutalization can help simplify your disaster recovery initiatives and more. Posted: 24 May 2011 \| Published: 24 May 2011 TOPICS: Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Physical Security \| ROI \| VDI \| Virtualization Security

Colocation Versus Managed Hosting sponsored by Internap WHITE PAPER: Access this resource guide to determine the differences between colocation and managed hosting when it comes to outsourcing for your organization. Posted: 29 Apr 2011 \| Published: 28 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Application Development \| Cloud Computing \| Management Change \| Networking \| Outsourcing \| Physical Security \| Recruiting Services

Cloud-Based Data Protection sponsored by Iron Mountain DATA SHEET: To cope with growing data protection challenges, organizations are turning to cloud-based data protection for relief. Organizations are discovering that the sooner cloud-based data protection appears in their processes, the greater the benefits. Posted: 28 Jan 2011 \| Published: 28 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Deduplication \| Data Encryption \| Data Management \| Disaster Recovery \| Enterprise \| Physical Security \| Storage Infrastructure

Achieving Security With Cloud Data Protection sponsored by Iron Mountain WHITE PAPER: Today, more companies than ever recognize the value and convenience of using cloud backup to protect their server data. However, enterprises considering cloud backup for protecting their vital data face these security concerns. Read this white paper to learn how to secure your cloud. Posted: 27 Jan 2011 \| Published: 27 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Backups \| Cloud Computing \| Data Storage \| Physical Security \| Security \| Storage Security

Skip the Disk sponsored by Iron Mountain WHITE PAPER: The demand for data storage is exploding, which is driving up costs, amplifying the risks of data loss or exposure, and complicating plans for disaster recovery. At the same time, mid-sized enterprises are migrating away from tape backup. They are learning to skip the disk. Read on to learn how skipping the disk can help you. Posted: 27 Jan 2011 \| Published: 27 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Disaster Recovery \| Disk Backups \| Physical Security \| Scalability Testing \| SLA

Unified network traffic monitoring for physical and VMware environments sponsored by NetFort Technologies Ltd WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines an approach, based on monitoring network traffic, that delivers a unified view of network activity across virtual and physical components of the network. Posted: 25 Oct 2010 \| Published: 25 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Security \| Network Traffic Management \| Physical Security \| VMware

Unified Physical Infrastructure℠ Solutions for the Data Center A Service Management Approach to IT Physical Infrastructure Management sponsored by Panduit WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how a DCIM solution based on the Unified Physical InfrastructureSM (UPI) approach brings visibility to the physical infrastructure components that support mission critical services. Armed with this solution, data center stakeholders have a more powerful service management toolset and so much more Posted: 05 Oct 2010 \| Published: 01 Sep 2010 TOPICS: Change Management \| CMDB \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Configuration Management \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Infrastructure Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Service Management \| Physical Security \| Regulatory Compliance \| Server Virtualization \| Service Level Management

Laptop Locks: A Simple and Cost-Effective Approach to Data Loss Prevention sponsored by Kensington WHITE PAPER: This paper will educate IT decision makers on the need for physical security, how it can protect sensitive data, and how Kensington laptop locks can help. Posted: 04 Oct 2010 \| Published: 04 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Security \| Encryption Standards \| HIPAA \| Laptop Computers \| Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard \| Physical Security \| Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance \| VPN

Determining Total Cost of Ownership for Data Center and Network Room Infrastructure sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric WHITE PAPER: 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. Posted: 01 Apr 2010 \| Published: 01 Feb 2005 TOPICS: Capacitors \| Cooling Equipment \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Infrastructure Management \| IT Infrastructure \| Physical Security \| Rack Servers \| TCO

Combat Cybercrime, Demonstrate Compliance and Streamline IT Operations sponsored by ArcSight, an HP Company WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discusses the requirements for a universal log management solution and specifically describes how ArcSight Logger 4 delivers on those requirements. A recent cyberespionage incident at Boeing Corporation is highlighted as an example. Read more to find out. Posted: 02 Mar 2010 \| Published: 02 Mar 2010 TOPICS: Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Cybersecurity \| Cyberterrorism \| Data Collection \| Data Storage \| Log Management \| Physical Security \| Security Infrastructure

A Practical Guide to Cloud Computing Security sponsored by Avanade WHITE PAPER: Typically, the level of security you get will be designed to meet the needs of the most risky client in the cloud. And, if you use the tools identified in this paper as a starting point, you will have a good idea of how comparable your cloud security versus internal security will be. Posted: 19 Feb 2010 \| Published: 19 Feb 2010 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Disaster Recovery \| IT Outsourcing Services \| Physical Security \| Private cloud computing \| Public cloud computing \| ROI \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Storage Security

ASG's Business Service Portfolio™ Virtualization Management sponsored by ASG Software Solutions WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how ASG’s BSP Virtualization Management allows you to continually optimize and monitor the performance health of your entire physical and virtual environment, in addition to discovering application dependencies and reducing VM sprawl. Posted: 08 Feb 2010 \| Published: 08 Feb 2010 TOPICS: Business Service Providers \| Configuration Management \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services \| Physical Security \| Service Level Management \| Virtualization Security \| VM

Achieving Financial and Functional Advantages in Connected Building Solutions with the Unified Physical Infrastructure℠(UPI) sponsored by Panduit WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn about being connected building planning requires tightly integrated, well-coordinated cross-functional communication and project management across four functional phases: organizational alignment, technology strategies, network design considerations, and financial analysis. Posted: 28 Jan 2010 \| Published: 28 Jan 2010 TOPICS: Buildings and Facilities \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services \| Intelligent Networks \| IP \| IP Networks \| Network Infrastructure \| Physical Security

The Unified Physical Infrastructure Approach sponsored by Panduit WHITE PAPER: In this paper, you'll learn that UPI-based solutions provide superior business value, helping customers keep pace with technology innovations and build a smarter, unified business foundation. Posted: 28 Jan 2010 \| Published: 28 Jan 2010 TOPICS: Communications Networks \| Data Communications Services \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services \| IP \| IP Networks \| Network Infrastructure \| Physical Security

Is Your Data at Risk?: Why Physical Security is Insufficient for Laptop Computers sponsored by Sophos, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Evaluating the various data security options to protect your PCs can be challenging. This paper examines the options, discusses why passwords alone are not sufficient and makes the case for strong data encryption. Posted: 17 Jul 2009 \| Published: 01 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Data Encryption \| Data Security \| Laptop Computers \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Workers \| Password Management \| Passwords \| Physical Security

Physical Security in Mission Critical Facilities sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric WHITE PAPER: This paper presents an overview of the principles of personnel identification and describes the basic elements and procedures used in security systems. Posted: 04 Feb 2009 \| Published: 03 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Access Control \| Biometric Devices \| Buildings and Facilities \| Data Centers \| Identity Management \| Physical Security \| Security Policies \| Security Systems

Going Green While Reducing Operational Costs sponsored by IBM PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Review this document based on an IBM/TechTarget Webcast entitled "Going Green While Reducing Operational Costs" to learn what experienced analyst Joe Clabby has to say about data centers and facilities. Posted: 16 Jan 2009 \| Published: 16 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Cooling Equipment \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Manufacturing \| Physical Security \| Power Supplies \| Server Management

Take a Holistic Approach to Business Driven Security sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about actions that organizations can take to drive security efforts from a business-driven perspective, and how leadership from IBM can help enable success. Posted: 22 Dec 2008 \| Published: 19 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Business Processes \| CRM \| Data Security \| Enterprise \| Investments \| Physical Security \| Security Infrastructure

Acquire a global view of your organization's security state: the importance of security assessments sponsored by IBM Software Group WHITE PAPER: Security assessments from IBM can help find "point-in-time" or ongoing security gaps in data confidentiality, integrity and accessibility as well as prior breaches and budgetary justification for making necessary security investments. Posted: 09 Jan 2008 \| Published: 09 Jan 2008 TOPICS: Database Security \| Information Security \| Managed Security Services \| Managed Security Services Providers \| Network Security \| Penetration Testing \| Physical Security \| Risk Assessment \| Security Infrastructure \| Vulnerability Assessments

The importance of security assessments sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper helps you understand the variety of security assessment options that are available and provides the criteria for selecting a vendor that can help you meet your company?s security requirements. Posted: 06 Dec 2007 \| Published: 01 Apr 2007 TOPICS: Database Security \| Information Security \| Managed Security Services \| Managed Security Services Providers \| Network Security \| Penetration Testing \| Physical Security \| Risk Assessment \| Security Infrastructure \| Vulnerability Assessments

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PHYSICAL SECURITY DEFINITION (continued): … 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. First, obstacles can be placed in the way of potential attackers and sites can be hardened against accidents and environmental disasters. Such measures can include multiple locks, fencing, walls, fireproof safes, and water sprinklers. Second, surveillance …
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