1. Physical Security
Presented by,
Gouriswar Koppada
Director
JUPITER GROUP OF COMPANIES

2. Security Ethics
Security Officer/Supervisor shall:
Exhibit exemplary conduct,
Respond to employee professional needs,
Develop good rapport within the profession,
Encourage high standard of officer ethics,
Protect Confidential Information,
Strive to attain professional competence,
Maintain safe and secure work place,
Dress to create professionalism & enforce all lawful
rules and regulations,

3. What is physical security
Physical Security describes security measures that are
designed to deny access to unauthorized personnel
(including attackers or even accidental intruders) from
physically accessing a building, facility, resource, or stored
information; and guidance on how to design structures to
resist potentially hostile acts. Physical security can be as
simple as a locked door or as elaborate as multiple layers of
barriers, armed security guards and gate-house placement.

4. Introduction
The goal of physical security is to provide a safe
environment for all assets and interests of the
organization like regulate the entry for men and
materials.
Physical security provides protection for the HO
/CORP/Factory buildings, other building structures,
a vehicle housing the system, and/or other business
locations..

5. Threats to Physical Environment
 Natural/Environmental
 Earthquakes, floods, storms, natural fires, extreme temperatures,
high humidity, building collapse.
 Supply systems:
 Communication outage, power distribution, burst pipes.
 Man-Made
 Explosions, disgruntled employees, unauthorized access, employee
errors, sabotage, chemical contamination, Vandalism and theft,
intruders, unintentional acts. bombings, terrorist attacks, espionage,
civil disturbances, strikes.
Note: Suggested for strong Crisis Management Team.

6. Use of available resources
Plan and deploy equipment as per site requirement.
Check and report suitability of equipment and
guards for particular duties.
Anticipate risk/threats and take corrective action.
Periodically check the operational fitness of security
equipment
Proper duty roster of shift and give duties to guard as
assigned work.

7. Use of available resources continued:
Deploy guard with required equipments in required
site location.
Make procedure to collect intelligence and
information.
Command and control guard duties and functioning.
Maintain key control ,personal control for unit.

8. Security deployment
Security deployment

9. Duties and responsibilities of security guard
To be clearly visible
To respond quickly and correctly during crisis
Observing and reporting
Maintain order among people
Receiving guests
Offer safety warnings and tips

10. Information Protection Environment
A layered defense model
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Perimeter
Building Grounds
Building Entrance
Building Floors/Office Suites
Offices/Data Centers
Equipment/Supplies, Media

11. Organizational structure
The organization of security department include the
chain of command hierarchy from Executive to
front line
The purpose of this section is to make clear who
reports to whom and who has which responsibility.
This give clear understanding of the duties and the
responsibilities along with all answers regarding
what are the limitation within the position and line
authority, responsibilities and accountability.

12. Security Technology and Tools
Walls, Fencing, and Gates
Guards
ID Cards and Badges
Locks and Keys
CCTV Monitoring
Fire Alarms Systems

13. Access Control System

14. Locks and Keys
Two types of locks: mechanical and electro
mechanical
Locks can also be divided into four categories:
manual, programmable, electronic, bio metric
Locks fail and alternative procedures for
controlling access must be put in place
Locks fail in one of two ways
 Fail-safe lock
 Fail-secure lock

15. CCTV Monitoring system

16. Fire Security and Safety
Most serious threat to safety of people who work in an
organization is possibility of fire.
Fires account for more property damage, personal injury,
and death than any other threat.
Imperative that physical security plans examine and
implement strong measures to detect and respond to fires

17. Types of Fire
 Types of Fire:
 A: Common Combustibles
 Elements: Wood products, paper, laminates
 Suppression: Water, foam
 B: Liquid
 Elements: Petroleum products and coolants
 Suppression: Gas, CO2, foam, dry powders
 C: Electrical
 Elements: Electrical equipment and wires
 Suppression: Gas, CO2, dry powders
 D: Combustible Metals
 Elements: magnesium, sodium, potassium
 Suppression: Dry powder

18. Different Types of Suppression Agents
 Water
 Foams
 Dry Powders
 CO2
 Soda Acid

19. Fire Extinguishers

20. Fire Suppression Training

21. Summary
Threats to information security that are unique to
physical security
Key physical security considerations in a facility site
Physical security monitoring components
Essential elements of access control
Fire safety, fire detection, and response
Importance of supporting utilities, especially use of
uninterrupted power supplies
Countermeasures to physical theft of computing
devices

22. THANK
YOU
JUPITER GROUP OF COMPANIES