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How to protect an enterprise from physical attacks

By Yana Yelina, Tech Journalist, EffectiveSoft

Nowadays, none of the enterprises is immune to cyberattacks, data breaches, malware, and
other types of damage. As a result, news about information leakage in different types of
organizations is continuously cropping up in the mass media.

Taking into account the fact that cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated, enterprises
tend to spend much money on employing high-quality software or linguistic tools to protect
corporate info, clients’ personal data, intellectual property, etc. Thus, according to one survey, in
2015, about 20% of worldwide companies allocated a cybersecurity budget at the amount of $1-
4.9 million. Beyond that, the cybersecurity market is expected to reach $170 billion by 2020.

Nevertheless, cyber security is not the only problem organizations should handle to avoid
considerable losses from insider and outside threats…

Physical security

This type of security entails the protection of personnel, hardware, software, networks, and data
from physical actions that are sometimes taken with brute force.

Physical security is often a second thought when it comes to information security and it is
overlooked as organizations concentrate their efforts on combating cyber criminals with the help
of trusted software developers. But it’s a must to remember that sensitive data may be easily
stolen by outsiders and insiders from laptops, USB drives, tablets, flash drives, or smartphones.
Malefactors can get an entry to secured areas through tailgating, hacking into access control
smart cards or breaking in through doors.

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