CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 Exam Cram, 6th Edition

Chapter 15

Physical Security Controls

This chapter covers the following official Security+ exam objective:

• ▶ 2.7 Explain the importance of physical security controls.

Essential Terms and Components

• ▶ bollard

• ▶ access control vestibule

• ▶ closed-circuit television (CCTV)

• ▶ Faraday cage

• ▶ air gap

• ▶ protected cable distribution

• ▶ hot aisle

• ▶ cold aisle

• ▶ secure data destruction

Perimeter Security

When planning security for network scenarios, many organizations overlook physical security. In many smaller organizations, the placement of servers, switches, routers, and patch panels is determined based on space restrictions, and equipment often ends up in odd places, such as in the coat closet by the receptionist’s desk in the lobby, in the ...