Description
Scenario
For this assignment, you are the information security manager for the county of Islington. The county just elected a new sheriff. He does not have a keen understanding of what is Physical Security. It is your responsibility as the security manager to brief the sheriff on what is physical security and how it can be used to protect critical technological infrastructures throughout the county.
Please provide a PowerPoint Presentation with no less than 15 informative slides. Further, you will use Zoom to record yourself, giving the presentation, and explaining the slides. You do not have to be in the video. The slides must include pictures and other graphics showing the technological infrastructures in the county as well as supporting the presentation. The presentation should address the following.
- What is physical security?
- What are the levels of physical security?
- Detail all five levels on separate slides
- What is the value of planning as it relates to the levels of physical security?
- What are physical barriers and how they coincide with physical security?
- Explain security or master plan and countermeasures
- Expound on designing security and layout of the site
Requirements
You must have a minimum of 15 slides. This does NOT include your introduction or reference slides. Your presentation should be between 15 to 20 minutes in length. You should have a minimum of 14 DIFFERENT citations with matching a reference list. Please upload your recording (mp4) to your assignment area upon completion. Be sure that your slides show less writing and more graphics; your writing should most be in the speaker notes section of the slides. The plagiarism score should not be more than 30%.
Explanation & Answer
Hey, kindly see the attachment below with the powerpoint presentation. let me know if you need anything else.
Physical Security
Student’s name
Institution affiliation
Date
Physical security
Definition: physical security is defined as the protection from harm, loss or
damage of persons and property (Gigliotti & Jason, 2013).
Importance of physical security
what are the elements of physical
security?
How effective are the various physical
security elements?
Taking the example of ated housings,
the levelsof effectiveness of physical
security elements are as shown
Levels of physical security
There are five levels of physical security namely:
➢
➢
➢
Outer perimeter security
Natural access control
➢
Territorial reinforcement
➢
Inner perimeter security
Interior security (Walters, 2006).
Outer perimeter security
❖
This is defined by the identified
property line
❖It is meant to control who and
what can enter the compound
Natural access control
This is aimed at controlling:
Who can enter the building
Who can exit the building
The knowledge of being observed blocks
unauthorised persons from entering the
building.
Territorial reinforcement
Does one have
difficulty blending in?
I f yes, then there is a
high possibility that
the person is
unauthorised .
Inner perimeter security
❖
This basically entails protection of the windows, door and walls from being
accessed by unauthorised persons (Fennelly,2012)..
Interior security
Main items being protected in this category include:
Offices
Data store
Other important assets
Value of planning
Planning is essential in ensuring
that all the aspects of physical
security are considered and no
loopholes are left
Physical barriers to security
Ornamental
Chain
fence
link fence
Bollards
Handrails
Barrier
gates
Security plan and countermeasures
An assessment of the levels of risk
is essential followed by measures
Designing security and layout of the site
Security zones
Example of proposed security
infrastructure
References
Alarm systems. CCTV surveillance systems for use in security applications. (n.d.).
doi:10.3403/bsen50132
Chilamkurti, N. (2013). Security, Design, and Architecture for Broadband and Wireless Network
Technologies. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Erbschloe, M. (2004). Physical Security for IT. Amsterdam, PA: Elsevier.
Erbschloe, M. (2005). Physical Security Overview. Physical Security for IT, 1-17.
doi:10.1016/b978-155558327-9/50003-9
Fennelly, L. J. (2012). Effective Physical Security. Oxford, England: Butterworth-Heinemann.
Gigliotti, R., & Jason, R. (2013). Approaches to Physical Security. Effective Physical Security, 7791. doi:10.1016/b...