From the course: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601) Cert Prep: 5 Physical Security Design and Implementation
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Hardware physical security
From the course: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601) Cert Prep: 5 Physical Security Design and Implementation
Hardware physical security
- [Narrator] Security professionals spend a lot of their time protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information. And that makes sense, because information is often an organization's most valuable asset. One of the major risks in today's increasingly mobile environment, is the physical theft of devices. From an information perspective, mobile devices contain all sorts of sensitive information. And depending upon the identity of the user, may even allow access to other more sensitive resources, such as database servers or network security controls. Security professionals often use encryption to protect the contents of devices against theft. Even if a thief gains hold of a lost or stolen device, they won't have access to any of the sensitive information stored on that device. This limits the damage incurred by a loss or theft. Sure, you've still lost a computing device worth hundreds or thousands of…
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