362 ◾ The Security Risk Assessment Handbook
© 2011 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
5. Why would a data center have both VESDA devices and traditional smoke
detectors?
6. How would you determine if a facility had adequate exterior lighting?
Describe your process.
Notes
1. For those who are experts in this eld or have checklists they are comfortable
with, you may skip this section without losing any context for the rest of the
chapter.
2. For a human to even feel a static discharge, the voltage level must be at least
3000 volts. Static discharges below this level can damage CMOS compo-
nents, erase hard-drive data, and even cause system shutdowns. You do not
have to feel it for it to do damage.
3. ere are many devices on the ...