Physical and Environmental Security

This domain includes questions from the following topics:

• Administrative, technical, and physical controls

• Facility location, construction, and management

• Physical security risks, threats, and countermeasures

• Fire prevention, detection, and suppression

• Intrusion detection systems

There’s a lot more to physical security than the card keys your users carry to enter the building or show to the security guard in the parking lot. Physical security addresses a wide variety of threats that can be technical, wildly unpredictable, and catastrophic - and security professionals need to know how to plan for and deal with them. Every organization should develop, implement, and maintain a physical security program that has its foundation in risk management and mitigation. You should understand the physical security mechanisms that protect an organization’s data, equipment, systems, and its greatest asset - people.