Description
- Research physical security incidents and write a paper on one which interests you the most. Also recommend controls to prevent the incident from happening again.
- Paper MUST be submitted in APA format
- Propose a possible change in that organization’s physical security that could have prevented the breach/failure for that scenario
- Submit at least 2 but no more than 4 pages double spaced
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Introduction
Physical control refers to a collection of activities that are carried out with the aim of protecting
networks, software, hardware and data from physical events o actions that have the potential to destroy
them leading to damage and losses. Example of such events includes cyber-attack and hacking, burglary,
terrorism, theft, fire, floods and natural disasters among others. The ability to maintain a strong physical
control plays a crucial role in the running of an organization. The discussion below analyzes cyber-attack
as an incident of physical control to identify various controls that can help to prevent the incident from
happening again.
Incident
The advent of the internet has positively affected businesses as it has helped to streamline
communication, processing among other processes. It is through the use of the internet that has seen
the productivity of a business increase. However, the use of the internet presents a business with a
major threat a poor management means that it can be hacked. In the recent past, a company was a
victim of such an event. The hackers took advantage of such vulnerability to get large amount of money
from the company. Eventually, the business successfully regained control of its database but is still
under threat as hackers transferred some files from their database.
Controls to prevent incide...