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EXERCISE #1 - PHYSICAL AND PROCEDURAL CONTROLS FOR PROTECTING ASSETS - GENERAL DISCUSSION

"Security Management Standard: Physical Asset Protection" is a 2012 ASIS International publication that assists security directors in completing their security planning.

"ASIS International Facilities Physical Security Measures Guideline," also assists organizations in determining risk levels and the appropriate controls to secure assets in the most effective, efficient, and cost-saving manner.

After thoroughly reviewing these documents, summarize their contents and explain how the standard and the guideline will assist you in completing the vulnerability assessment required not only for this in this course, but also in your current of future security management career.

Also, identify, in your considered opinion, the five most significant physical controls used to protect corporate assets discussed in the document and explain your rationale, citing not only the advantages of the controls you selected, but also the drawbacks.

REMEMBER: Be sure to cite your sources

Answer 1

If there exists a perfect world where we need no security, then risk will never occur. But this is not true in the real world, where all large , medium as well as small size companies encounter at-least some degree of risks. The solutions for these risks should be developed such a way it is cost effective wile it meets the requirement of the company as well as its objectives. Risk exists in all levels of enterprises, organizations which puts the company’s important assets such as confidential data under attacks. These important assets are prone to detrimental occurrences including, intentional, unintentional, as well as events, for instance, the company’s window may break due to unwary weather, deliberate destruction, in this case the actual occurrence of breaking a company window cannot be predicted. In-order to overcome this situation, “Security Management Standard: Physical Asset Protection” provides enterprises, companies and organizations the methods, techniques to safe guard as well as manage their important assets, thereby, protecting sustainability and its profitability along with reputation. It can be deployed to any kind of organization , no matter their factor or size. Based on it, an enterprise should include people, property, information, as well as intangibles under assets, it also recommends to include tangible and intangible assets including brand, information and reputation under physical asset protection.

It suggests to safeguard assets by creating a physical asset protection management system which considers an enterprise’s security as a proactive management system. This is similar to ISO Management System which includes management, employees, technologies, and methods since these entities share the same risk factors. The physical asset protection management system must not only predict but also manage uncertainty under evolving environment. The important components which needs to be included in a physical asset protection management system are establish, implementation, monitor, review, maintain, as well as enhance physical protection systems (PPS).

Now let us a look at five most important physical security measures for an organization:

1. Lock up the server room: The server room consists of servers, switches, routers, cables which are important assets in any organization.
2. Set up surveillance.
3. Keep unauthorized employees out from entering important facilities.
4. Regular testing of physical security systems should take place.
5. Protect the computers, laptops, pen drives as well as printers.