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Physical security and IT

We have all read and heard tons of information about computer security. What about physical security though and how it impacts your IT assets? After all there is little point having the best of breed for your network if you are going to leave the door to your cabling closet wide open. While this is a rather obvious example of access control in the overall physical security strategy there is a whole lot more that you can do. Have any of you ever actually worked on physical security strategies for your company? I have done so in the past and found it to be an often neglected portion of a company’s overall security posture.

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2 Responses to “Physical security and IT”

  1. webgk.com Says:

    October 1st, 2007 at 10:58 am

    I have seen such issues where lot of organisations tend to use 2 or 3 combinations for their passwords an that can be easily figured out by the hackers. You need to be smart enough to keep on changing the passwords.

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