Information systems security
Lyon (2008) stated that potential physical threats include situations and actions, which can cause physical damage for computer system. They are divided into three groups: internal, external and human.
Unstable power supply, elevated humidity in the rooms housing the hardware; Natural disaster (earthquake, landslide, fire, tsunami, inundation, volcanic eruption, contamination); Theft/vandalism of infrastructure and hardware; Errors of staff. Listed physical threads consist of natural phenome non consequences, imperfection of system’s physical environment and human factor. Talking about security for a small pharmacy that has recently opened within a shopping mall potential physical threats can include all of foregoing Continue reading...
