Access Control and Identity Management, 3rd Edition



Case Studies and Examples

The best way to learn the real effects of physical security is to see it in action—both in their failures and successes. In this section, you will read about physical security measures that prevent both internal and external attacks.

Private Sector Case Study and Example

Physical controls are important aspects of protecting data from both internal and external malicious users. Although attacks are a major reason that strong physical access controls are needed, there are plenty of completely mundane actions that can disrupt an operation and endanger data integrity. Listed below are two incidents in the private sector in which physical access controls solved major IT issues. ...