Physical Security

What is it and why is it important?

Physical security consists of security measures in place to protect personnel, hardware, software, networks and data from physical actions and events that could cause serious loss to an organization. These days most companies are cloud hosted, therefore the physical security controls measures become the responsibility of the cloud provider. However, it is still important to vet the physical security of a cloud provider’s data center. You can do this by requesting their data center SOC 2.

How do I implement a Physical Security Program?

At TrustCloud, a set of controls has been created to help implement a Physical Security program. Review each article below for a deep dive on those controls.