Physical Security and the Role Ethics Play in Risk Management (Coursework Sample)

Physical Security
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Physical security encompasses the strategies used to protect software, hardware, personnel, and networks from physical events that could potentially cause serious damages and loss to the company. Often, many companies overlook the importance of physical security due to its rarity and instead focus on the network and application security (Loukas, 2015). In reality, physical security is equally vital and can have a significant impact on the organization's safety and continuity. Some of the risks associated with physical security include fire, flood, burglary, vandalism, and threat. I believe that fire is the single most critical threat that an organization can face regarding physical security. Fires are difficult to predetermine and can have irredeemable impacts on an information network system (Loukas, 2015). Fires also pose a threat to the life and well-being of the personnel working in the cyber