
A
DVO, INC.:
INTEGRATING IT AND PHYSICAL SECURITY
ADVO, INC.:
INTEGRATING IT
AND PHYSICAL SECURITY
C
omplacency is often the greatest threat to security. It is
easy to overlook or underestimate potential security
threats until they become a reality, and it is equally easy
to lose focus on those security threats once the immediate crisis
has passed. Advo, Inc., successfully overcame these challenges.
This case study describes how two national crises triggered
immediate changes in Advo’s physical security and process
security controls. It also describes Advo’s treatment of infor-
mation technology (IT) and physical security as interconnected
components of