Physical Security

Question 1

Structure that encloses an area using interconnected panels or posts

Answer 1

Fence

Question 2

Provides a visual deterrent by defining a boundary that should not be violated by unauthorized personnel

Answer 2

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Purposes of fencing

Question 3

Establishes a physical barrier against unauthorized entry

Answer 3

Purposes of fencing 2

Question 4

Delays intruders, which helps provide security personnel with longer window of time to react

Answer 4

Purposes of Fencing 3

Question 5

Robust, short vertical posts, made of steel or concrete, that are designed to manage or redirect vehicular traffic

Answer 5

Bollards

Question 6

Involves manipulating security devices to create new vulnerabilities that can be exploited

Answer 6

Tampering with security devices

Question 7

Involves the direct confrontation or attack of security personnel

Answer 7

Confronting Security Personnel

Question 8

Brute force attack that uses a car, truck, or other motorized vehicle to ram into the organization’s physical security barrier

Answer 8

Ramming a Barrier with a Vehicle

Question 9

Maintain the security and safety of facilities, including business, home, or commonly used public areas

Answer 9

Surveillance Systems

Question 10

Flexible and adaptable form of surveillance that organizations use

Answer 10

Security Guards

Question 11

Proper lighting is crucial for conducting effective surveillance using both voice and security gurads

Answer 11

Lighting

Question 12

Devices that detect and respond to external changes in the environment and convert the information into readable signals or data

Answer 12

Sensors

Question 13

Activate when a specified minimum amount of weight is detected on the sensor that is embedded into the floor or a mat

Answer 13

Pressure Sensor

Question 14

Blocking the camera’s line of sight (paint on camera, etc)

Answer 14

Visual obstruction

Question 15

Overwhelming the sensor or camera with a sudden burst of light to render it ineffective for a limited period of time

Answer 15

Blind the sensor or camera

Question 16

Jamming or playing loud music to disrupt the microphone’s functionality

Answer 16

Accoustic Interference

Question 17

Jamming the signals that surveillance systems rely on to monitor the environment

Answer 17

EMI

Question 18

Exploring the environment around the surveillance equipment to compromise its functionality

Answer 18

Physical Environment Attack

Question 19

Double-door system that is designed with 2 doors that are electronically controlled to ensure that only one door can be opened at a given time

Answer 19

Access Control Vestibules

Question 20

Person with legitimate access intentionally allows another person without authorization to enter a secure area with them

Answer 20

Piggyback

Question 21

Physical security control that is designed to secure entryways by restricting and regulating access to a particular space or property

Answer 21

Door Locks

Question 22

The rate that the system authenticates a user as valid, even though that person should not have been granted access to the system

Answer 22

False Acceptance Rate (FAR)

Question 23

Occurrs any time the biometrics system denies a user who should have been allowed access to the system

Answer 23

False Rejection Rate (FRR)

Question 24

More commonly called Crossover Error Rate (CER), which uses a measure of the effectiveness of a given biometric system to achieve a balance

Answer 24

Equal Error Rate (EER)

Question 25

Refers to copying the data from an RFID or NFC card or badge onto another card or device

Answer 25

Access Bage Cloning