Chapter 7. Physical Security, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity

OBJECTIVES

This chapter covers the following CompTIA objectives for the Security+ exam.

Understand the basic security concepts and usage of physical security.

  • This objective is designed to focus the reader on physical protection mechanisms. The best encryption and firewalls in the world won't help you if someone walks away with the server.

Understand the basic security implications of disaster recovery.

  • Facilities

  • Equipment

  • High availability

  • Backups

  • Secure recovery

  • Utilities

  • Vendor support

  • Even with the best of plans, disasters will still strike. Planning, preparation, maintenance, and execution of a disaster recovery plan all help minimize ...

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