FLORIDA FOLLOW UP ARTICLE ON PHYSICAL SECURITY ISSUES FROM SECURE FLORIDA WEBSITE Secure Florida
Physical Security
Secure Florida’s mission is to provide you with information and resources for protecting your cyber assets. However, we must always realize that any adequate computer security system begins with proper physical security.

The greatest firewall software in the world is not going to protect your data if your server is stolen.


In deciding on sufficient physical security, the goal is the same as with sufficient cyber security: try to make it so difficult to break in that the would-be criminal decides it’s just not worth it. This is called “hardening the target” – not only do you make it difficult to get into, but you also make it appear so formidable that no one even tries.

Click here http://www.crimewise.com/library/biztest.html for a Business Security Test that can assist you in assessing the level of your own security.


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Click here http://www.cert.org/security-improvement/practices/p074.html for some further tips on sensible physical security for your computers and network.


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The following are links to products that can help protect your system’s physical security:

http://www.secureservices.com/

http://www.securitykit.com/pc_security_kits.htm

http://www.secucomputer.com/