Mike Meyers' CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide, Third Edition (Exam SY0-601), 3rd Edition

CHAPTER 10

Physical Security

The third-person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.

—Andrew Vachss

Your facilities require security. We’ve spent a lot of ink in this book discussing network security, but straight-up physical security also matters to security professionals. This chapter explores aspects of facility security in two modules:

• Physical Security Controls

• Environmental Controls

Let’s get to them!

NOTE

CompTIA (inexplicably) included “screened subnet (previously known as demilitarized zone)” under physical security controls. You read about screened subnets way back in Chapter 6, where ...