So much of cybersecurity plans concentrate on software but let us put things into perspective. All the firewalls in the world will not help if someone breaks into your data centre. Physical security is all about closing the loop on cybersecurity by protecting your assets, personnel, hardware, software and data from real-world attacks.
So much of cybersecurity plans concentrate on software but let us put things into perspective. All the firewalls in the world will not help if someone breaks into your data centre. Physical security is all about closing the loop on cybersecurity by protecting your assets, personnel, hardware, software and data from real-world attacks.
What’s one way to completely bypass protections on your network? Attack the system from the inside. This can happen in the form of blatant robberies, break-ins to steal sensitive equipment or tricking staff to connect malicious devices to the internal network.
Consider the amount of access our mobile phones and laptops have to company data. Without proper mobile device management, you risk giving hackers a gateway to breach company systems through lost or stolen devices
As long as a physical device is connected to the Internet, it can be used by hackers to access your network. This includes surveillance cameras, wi-fi locks and even your elevator and aircon system.
What’s one way to completely bypass protections on your network? Attack the system from the inside. This can happen in the form of blatant robberies, break-ins to steal sensitive equipment or tricking staff to connect malicious devices to the internal network.
Consider the amount of access our mobile phones and laptops have to company data. Without proper mobile device management, you risk giving hackers a gateway to breach company systems through lost or stolen devices
As long as a physical device is connected to the Internet, it can be used by hackers to access your network. This includes surveillance cameras, wi-fi locks and even your elevator and aircon system.
The same logic behind digital access control applies to physical security — it’s about being able to identify everyone who is entering and exiting your physical network at all times, and limiting access to key sites and facilities only to authorised personnel. Determining this requires establishing security zones and building a layered approach to access logic.
The overall process:
Humans create cyber risk, not computers. And negligent employees are the top cause of cybersecurity breaches. For example, physical access controls are undermined if your staff are tricked into letting unverified people into places they shouldn’t have access to.
Employee training is all about building an acute awareness of where security breaches can happen and empowering staff to identify and report suspicious behaviour.
There are a few key things that we care for when it comes to physical security:
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