What is physical security as it relates to Information Security? What are the primary threats to physical security? How are they manifested in attacks against the organization?

Week 6 Questions

Assignment: Answer each of the following questions. Write one full page for each answer, and precede each answer with the question and its corresponding number.

Questions:

What is data encryption?
What is the fundamental difference between symmetric and asymmetric encryption?

What is physical security as it relates to Information Security? What are the primary threats to physical security? How are they manifested in attacks against the organization?