Access Control and Identity Management, 3rd Edition

Best Practices for Physical Access Controls

There are many best practices, depending on your organization’s security needs. If your organization owns its own facility, landscaping and perimeter security will be a concern you will need to address. If your facility contains a data center or other highly sensitive areas, you will need to consider additional access control methods such as biometric identity verification and mechanical or programmatic locks.

The first step in ensuring physical security is to conduct a security audit. A security audit allows you to identify potential targets within your organization as well as any existing physical security risks. Some things to include in a physical security audit are:

• Documentation of existing ...