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Physical security

Physical security

- [Instructor] So now let's talk a little bit more about actually having physical security, right? In server heartening, we talked about doing things to protect your servers in case somebody physically gains access. Well, now let's talk about preventing physical access. So what can we do? Well, first thing, just first nice simple line of defense is having surveillance cameras, okay? Now these cameras can range from as simple as just recording what's happening, and that way, if there is a breach you can go back and look and see who it is. Or you could have some kind of motion sensor system to where it alerts an administrator or a security personnel if it senses somebody is present. Now, speaking of security personnel, how about something as simple as a security guard, right? Having actual humans guarding and protecting your servers if you have stuff that is, you know, important enough that you really need to keep somebody…

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