Week 11 & 12
Information security covers an ocean of topics ranging from cryptography, network infrastructures, topologies, cybercrime even legal issues and ethics. What's more pondering to found out was that is also covers topics outside the grasp of information security. Dealing with these matters is not limited to everything inside the virtual world. Knowingly, network and security analysts extend their knowledge towards physical security which is somehow peculiar in my own opinion. The thought came to my mind why focusing on physical security is important in relevance to network security. During the lecture, my wondering question was answered. Using your own common sense, the network itself and its data is virtual but it is still stored in a physical storage, meaning: it also susceptible to physical threats. This is where physical security comes in. One concept we have learned was the Crime Prevention through Environmental Design or CPTED for short. It focuses on three aspects: natural acc