Figure 26: Building Security

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Figure 2-6 Building Security

• Building Security Basics
• Single point of (normal) entry to building
• Fire doors etc. use closed-circuit television
  (CCTV) and alarms to monitor them
• Security centers
• Monitors for closed-circuit TV (CCTV)
• Videotapes that must be retained (Dont reuse too
  much or the quality will be bad)
• Alarms

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Figure 2-6 Building Security

• Building Security Basics
• Interior doors to control access between parts of
  the building
• Piggybacking holding the door open so that
  someone can enter without identification defeats
  this protection
• Enforcing policies You get what you enforce
• Training security personnel
• Training all employees

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Figure 2-6 Building Security

• Building Security Basics
• Phone stickers with security center phone number
• Thwarting piggybacking
• Dumpster diving by keeping Dumpsters in locked
  lighted area
• Drive shredding programs for discarded disk
  drives that do more than reformat drives

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Figure 2-7 Physical building Cabling
3. Entrance Facility with Termination Equipment
6. Vertical Riser Space
5. Core Switch (Chassis)
4. Router
2. To WAN
1. Equipment Room (Usually in Basement)
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Figure 2-7 Physical building Cabling

• Vertical
• Distribution

5. Horizontal Distribution
4. Workgroup Switch
3. Telecommunications Closet on Floor
2. Optical Fiber One Pair per Floor
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Figure 2-7 Physical building Cabling
Horizontal and Final Distribution
Workgroup Switch in Telecoms Closet
1. Horizontal Distribution One 4-Pair UTP Cord
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Figure 2-6 Building Security

• Data Wiring Security
• Telecommunications closets should be locked
• Wiring conduits should be hard to cut into
• Servers rooms should have strong access security