Basic principles to be followed in order to maintain physical security

Security begins at the very basic level i.e the physical level.We have discussed earlier the need of physical security in cyber tech.
Now we should focus on what should be done so that the network and its components have been protected at the physical level.Following are some general principles that should be followed:

• Keeping people away to prevent any unauthorized access.
• Lock up the server room.
• CPU case should also be locked up to prevent someone from stealing the machine.
• Setting up surveillance to keep an eye on people coming in and going out.
• It is necessary to keep the most vulnerable devices in the locked room as the safe is of no use if we keep all our precious belongings on the dining table.
• Prevent intruders from opening the case as it is much easier to walk away with a hard drive rather than taking your machine.
• Backups should be kept at a very secure location better to keep it offsite.
• Disable the drives so that a intruder could not copy data into their removable media.
• Many printers nowadays can store document content in their own on-board memories so protect your printers too.

Following these principles is not all but yet these can serve as the basic guideline in maintaining physical security.