CISSP Training Guide

Selecting, Designing, Constructing, and Maintaining a Secure Site

Know the elements involved in choosing, designing, constructing, and maintaining a secure site. Elements include

• Site location and construction

• Physical access controls

• Power

• Environmental controls

• Water exposure problems

• Fire protection and prevention

Here is the crux of the issue: Your ability to physically secure assets depends on your ability to physically secure the site as well as the data center. A number of elements contribute to vulnerabilities, applicable threats, and the countermeasures that can be taken to mitigate them. In evaluating each site, not everything will be as easy to control. In studying the principles outlined here, you must realize that, although some risks ...