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Physical Security

Physical Security. Wilfridus Bambang Triadi Handaya Wilfridus.bambang@gmail.com. Types of Threats. Human Intrusion Attackers looking to perform some sort of damage or obtain useful information “Natural” Disasters* Fire Flood Earthquake/Seismic Vibrations Power Outages/Fluctuations.

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Physical Security

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  1. Physical Security Wilfridus Bambang Triadi Handaya Wilfridus.bambang@gmail.com

  2. Types of Threats • Human Intrusion • Attackers looking to perform some sort of damage or obtain useful information • “Natural” Disasters* • Fire • Flood • Earthquake/Seismic Vibrations • Power Outages/Fluctuations

  3. Physical Protection from Human Intrusion • One example why physical security should be taken very seriously • The only tools you need to break into an unsecured PC: • BIOS password can be bypassed. • Remove the machine’s hard drive and put it in another machine • Reset the BIOS password via jumpers on the motherboard • Simply remove the CMOS battery to reset • Once accomplished, boot off CD or floppy (in this example, KNOPPIX), and copy. • A Phillips-head screwdriver • USB Thumbdrive or an external hard drive • Knoppix CD • Knoppix Floppy

  4. Physical Protection from Human Intrusion (cont’d) • Resetting admin passwords has never been easier • Using Rescue CD • Using 3rd party tools/cd • Hiren, ntpassword,etc.

  5. Risk Assessment • Determine your primary threats and act accordingly • While their susceptibility of attack is the same, the large company will house more profitable information and technology. • FBI statistics indicate that approximately 72% of all thefts, fraud, sabotage, and accidents are caused by a company’s own employees. • Only about 5% is done by external sources.

  6. The “How-Tos” of Protection • Guarding the Outer Perimeter* • Disguise • Out of sight, out of mind • If disguising is not possible • High fences • Barbed wire • Round-the-clock security guard • Security Cameras • Motion Sensors

  7. Samples

  8. Samples (cont’d) Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. showing planters being used as vehicle barriers, and barriers and gates along the vehicle entrance

  9. The Workstations • Workstations should ALWAYS be logged off or locked out whenever unattended • Screens positioned such that they cannot be seen through the windows • Hackers with telescopes to record keystrokes • Workstations should be secured and physically locked while unattended • Steel cable that runs through the computer case and attaches to an “anchor” to prevent the tower from being removed

  10. Safeguarding the Computer Rooms • Keep the doors locked • Tuck networking cables out of sight • Keep networking cables inaccessible from outside room • Secure items in the room according to value • Intrusion detection systems • Ensure walls extend to the physical ceiling versus ceiling panels • Attackers can gain access to the room via scaling the wall • Access Control Methods • Biometrics • Key Card access w/ PIN #s • Security Guard presence at all times • Watchdogs if the assets merit • Security Cameras

  11. Control the flow of people in the building • Employee and visitor badges • Access restricitions to visitors and maintenance • Any unscheduled dropoffs or deliveries should be verified with vendors • You don’t want the wrong people getting in

  12. Physical Protection from “Natural” Disasters • Physical security is more than "guns, gates and guards" • Risk Assessment • Proper security solutions require a proper threat assessment • The likelihood of tsunami’s is very low in Phoenix

  13. Security Mechanisms • Fire* • Extinguishers • Carbon Dioxide • Harmful to Humans • Halon • Preferred Choice, but very expensive to refill • Binds with available oxygen molecules to starve the fire • Harmful to the ozone • Inergen • Safer and cleaner alternative to Halon • Allows a breathable atmosphere and starvation of the atmosphere without ozone harm

  14. Fire Detectors/Alarms • Detectors • VESDA Very Early-warning Smoke Detection Apparatus

  15. Fire Detectors/Alarms (cont’d) • smoke detection • optical detection (photoelectric) • physical process (ionization)

  16. Fire Detectors/Alarms (cont’d) • Dry pipe suppression • same purpose as fire hydrants

  17. Flood/Water • “Go to the high ground” • Locate sensitive equipment on the second story or above • Don’t allow water pipes to run through or around computer room

  18. Earthquake/Seismic Vibrations • Common sources: • Airports, railroads, major thoroughfares, industrial tools, and road construction • Common solutions involve supporting the foundation of computers with springs, gel-filled mats, or rubber pads. • THE most effective solution: • Don’t position your data center near a source of seismic vibrations

  19. Power Outages/Fluctuations • UPS • Large solutions available to large power consumption • Generator • When UPS just isn’t enough • Extreme Temperature/Humidity • Control must be maintained over the environment • Larger computers run hotter and thus more susceptible to heat in the room • Humidity problems with moisture developing on the inside of the machine • Redundant HVAC unit (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning)

  20. Bibliography • http://www.servepath.com/why/datacenter.htm • http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid14_gci993832,00.html • http://www.servepath.com/why/datacenter.htm • http://www2.fpm.wisc.edu/safety/gsp/Fire%20Suppression%20Systems.html • http://www.reliablefire.com/inergenfolder/inergen.html • http://www.reliablefire.com/vesdafolder/vesdalaserplus.html • http://www.sans.org/rr/whitepapers/physcial/ • http://www.servepath.com/why/datacenter.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_security • http://security.uchicago.edu/docs/physicalsec.shtml • http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid14_gci1131341,00.html?track=top10oct • http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1131405,00.html?track=top10oct • http://www.cccure.org/Documents/HISM/675-680.html • https://my.tennessee.edu/portal/page?_pageid=40,38376&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL • http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/101/383003

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