Chapter 43

Physical Security

This chapter covers a portion of the following A+ 220-1102 exam objective:

  • Images 2.1 – Summarize various security measures and their purposes.

Welcome to the first chapter on security. Everyone should have some basic knowledge of information security. Computers and computer networks are constantly at risk, and new risks are always rearing their ugly heads.

An attacker might try to break into a facility physically or hack into a system logically. This chapter and the next one cover these two concepts. Here, I use the terms “break” and “hack” loosely; the methods used to accomplish those ends can vary. The goal of this ...

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