Physical security (PS) is categorized very crucial for public and private organizations to protect and defend their assets, data, resources, personnel, facility and infrastructures.

Scenario

• To what extent are there significant differences between minimum security system (MSS-1) and High-level security system (HLSS).

MSS-1 is designated to obstruct unauthorized external traffic into the system and tends to interface with basic physical security operations like doors, windows and regular locks.

Whereas

HLSS is designed to obstruct, detect and evaluate most unauthorized internal and unauthorized external traffic into the system. HLSS point of reference include highly trained armed guard, two-way radio links to police unit, duress alarms, use of access control and biometric control

• You have been retained as a registrar for junior college offering online courses, which of these security mechanisms will you implement in your unit; if so why?

Answer preview

In any organization, there is a need to implement physical security. This is done to protect assets, data, resources, personnel, facility, and infrastructures from unauthorized physical access. Physical security is the use of various mechanisms to prevent any physical actions that can lead to losses in an organization (Fennelly, 2016). It emphasizes on how to secure the entrance to the organization’s assets and possible damages that can be made in case of physical…

 

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