Plan physical security

This topic describes physical security, the key tasks for planning physical security, and explains why these tasks are important.

Physical security includes the protection of your server from accidental (or intentional) damage and theft. In addition to your server, it includes all of your workstations, printers, and storage media.

Physical security should be part of your overall security planning. You might need special measures to protect them depending on where you put the system and its devices.

You can use the "Physical security planning worksheet" to record your decisions about the physical security of your system.

1. Plan physical security for the system unit
   This topic discusses the importance of securing certain aspects of the system unit, such as the physical location, the control panel and keylock, and the Service Tools user ID and password.
2. Plan physical security for system documentation and storage media
   This topic describes the importance of securing important system documentation and storage media. Emphasis placed on storing these items in two locations, both on-site and offsite.
3. Plan physical workstation security
   This topic describes the security risks and recommendations for workstations.
4. Plan physical security for printers and printer output
   This topic describes the risks and recommendations for securing printers and printer output.
5. Physical security planning worksheet
   This topic shows the physical security planning worksheet which you can use to plan physical security of the system unit, backup media, workstations, and printers.