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Physical security

Index Physical security

Physical security describes security measures that are designed to deny unauthorized access to facilities, equipment and resources and to protect personnel and property from damage or harm (such as espionage, theft, or terrorist attacks). [1]

48 relations: Access control, Aesthetics, Alarm device, Alarm management, Artificial intelligence for video surveillance, Biometric device, Biometrics, Boundaries of Security Report, Building code, Building envelope, Closed-circuit television, Computer security, Crime prevention through environmental design, Door security, Espionage, Executive protection, Fence, Fire, Glass break detector, Guard tour patrol system, High-voltage transformer fire barriers, Human rights, Identity document, Impact (mechanics), Information security, IP camera, Key (lock), Key management, Landscaping, Lock (security device), Logical security, Motion detection, Natural surveillance, Passive fire protection, Physical Security Professional, Prison, Projectile, Security, Security alarm, Security engineering, Security guard, Security lighting, Separation barrier, Surveillance, Terrorism, Theft, Transformer, Video content analysis.

Access control

In the fields of physical security and information security, access control (AC) is the selective restriction of access to a place or other resource.

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Aesthetics

Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of art, beauty, and taste, with the creation and appreciation of beauty.

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Alarm device

An alarm device or system of alarm devices gives an audible, visual or other form of alarm signal about a problem or condition.

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Alarm management

Alarm management is the application of human factors (or 'ergonomics') along with instrumentation engineering and systems thinking to manage the design of an alarm system to increase its usability.

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Artificial intelligence for video surveillance

Artificial intelligence for video surveillance utilizes computer software programs that analyze the images from video surveillance cameras in order to recognize humans, vehicles or objects.

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Biometric device

A Biometric device is a security identification and authentication device.

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Biometrics

Biometrics is the technical term for body measurements and calculations.

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Boundaries of Security Report

The Boundaries of Security Report is an annual perimeter security report accessible to a wide range of professional security consultants, integrators and professionals in both the public and private sectors.

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Building code

A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for constructed objects such as buildings and nonbuilding structures.

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Building envelope

A building envelope is the physical separator between the conditioned and unconditioned environment of a building including the resistance to air, water, heat, light, and noiseSyed, Asif.

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Closed-circuit television

Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors.

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Computer security

Cybersecurity, computer security or IT security is the protection of computer systems from theft of or damage to their hardware, software or electronic data, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.

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Crime prevention through environmental design

Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) is a multi-disciplinary approach to deterring criminal behavior through environmental design.

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Door security

The term door security may refer to any of a range of measures used to strengthen doors against door breaching, Ram-raiding and lock picking, and prevent crimes such as burglary and home invasions.

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Espionage

Espionage or spying, is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information without the permission of the holder of the information.

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Executive protection

Executive protection (EP), also known as close protection, refers to security and risk mitigation measures taken to ensure the safety of VIPs or other individuals who may be exposed to elevated personal risk because of their employment, high-profile status, net worth, affiliations or geographical location.

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Fence

A fence is a structure that encloses an area, typically outdoors, and is usually constructed from posts that are connected by boards, wire, rails or netting.

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Fire

Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.

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Glass break detector

A glass break detector is a sensor used in electronic burglar alarms that detects if a pane of glass is shattered or broken.

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Guard tour patrol system

A guard tour patrol system is a system for logging the rounds of employees in a variety of situations such as security guards patrolling property, technicians monitoring climate-controlled environments, and correctional officers checking prisoner living areas.

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High-voltage transformer fire barriers

High-voltage transformer fire barriers, or transformer firewalls, transformer ballistic firewalls, transformer blast walls, are outdoor countermeasures against cascading failures in a national electric grid.

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, December 13, 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,, Retrieved August 14, 2014 that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights in municipal and international law.

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Identity document

An identity document (also called a piece of identification or ID, or colloquially as papers) is any document which may be used to prove a person's identity.

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Impact (mechanics)

In mechanics, an impact is a high force or shock applied over a short time period when two or more bodies collide.

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Information security

Information security, sometimes shortened to InfoSec, is the practice of preventing unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, inspection, recording or destruction of information.

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IP camera

An Internet Protocol camera, or IP camera, is a type of digital video camera commonly employed for surveillance, and which, unlike analog closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, can send and receive data via a computer network and the Internet.

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Key (lock)

A key is a device that is used to operate a lock (such as to lock or unlock it).

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Key management

Key management refers to management of cryptographic keys in a cryptosystem.

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Landscaping

Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including.

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Lock (security device)

A lock is a mechanical or electronic fastening device that is released by a physical object (such as a key, keycard, fingerprint, RFID card, security token, coin etc.), by supplying secret information (such as a keycode or password), or by a combination thereof.

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Logical security

Logical Security consists of software safeguards for an organization’s systems, including user identification and password access, authenticating, access rights and authority levels.

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Motion detection

Motion detection is the process of detecting a change in the position of an object relative to its surroundings or a change in the surroundings relative to an object.

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Natural surveillance

Natural surveillance is a term used in "Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design" (CPTED) models for crime prevention.

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Passive fire protection

Passive fire protection (PFP) is an integral component of the components of structural fire protection and fire safety in a building.

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Physical Security Professional

A Physical Security Professional (PSP) is a Board certification process for individuals involved in the physical security of organizations.

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Prison

A prison, also known as a correctional facility, jail, gaol (dated, British English), penitentiary (American English), detention center (American English), or remand center is a facility in which inmates are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state.

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Projectile

A projectile is any object thrown into space (empty or not) by the exertion of a force.

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Security

Security is freedom from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercive change) from external forces.

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Security alarm

A security alarm is a system designed to detect intrusion – unauthorized entry – into a building or other area.

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Security engineering

Security engineering is a specialized field of engineering that focuses on the security aspects in the design of systems that need to be able to deal robustly with possible sources of disruption, ranging from natural disasters to malicious acts.

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Security guard

A security guard (also known as a security officer or protective agent) is a person employed by a public or private party to protect the employing party’s assets (property, people, equipment, money, etc.) from a variety of hazards (such as waste, damaged property, unsafe worker behavior, criminal activity such as theft, etc.) by enforcing preventative measures.

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Security lighting

In the field of physical security, security lighting is lighting that intended to deter or detect intrusions or other criminal activity on a piece of real property.

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Separation barrier

A separation barrier or separation wall is a barrier, wall or fence, constructed to limit the movement of people across a certain line or border, or to separate peoples or cultures.

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Surveillance

Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior, activities, or other changing information for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting people.

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Terrorism

Terrorism is, in the broadest sense, the use of intentionally indiscriminate violence as a means to create terror among masses of people; or fear to achieve a financial, political, religious or ideological aim.

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Theft

In common usage, theft is the taking of another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it.

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Transformer

A transformer is a static electrical device that transfers electrical energy between two or more circuits through electromagnetic induction.

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Video content analysis

Video content analysis (also video content analytics, VCA) is the capability of automatically analyzing video to detect and determine temporal and spatial events.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_security

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