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| An aspect of information security that addresses the design, implementation, and maintence for counter-measures that protect the physical resources of an organization. |
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| The operation of an organizations physical security commonly including access controls for a building. |
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| A physical location that has been engineered with controls designed to minimize the risk of attacks from physical threats. |
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| A type of access control device that is typically concealed. |
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| A form of identicication that, unlike an ID card, is typicall visible. |
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| A security breach that occurs when an authorized individual gains admission to a secure area by presenting a badge or key and is directly followed into the area by an unauthorized individual. |
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| Locks that raly on a key that is a carefully shaped piece of metal that a person rotates or a dial that causes the proper ratation of slotted discs to release secured loops of steel, aluminum, or brass. |
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| Locking devices that can accept variety of inputs as keys, including magnetic strips on ID cards, radio signals from name badges,personal identification numbers(PINS) typed into a keypad,or some combination of these to activate an eectrically powered servo to unlock the mechanism. |
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| Personal Identification Number |
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| Locks that are often preset by the manufacturer and therefore unchangeable, thus once they are installed into doors, that cn be changed by only highy trainned locksmiths. |
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| Locks that can be intergrated into alarm systems and combined with other building managment systems- specifically, these locks can be intergrated with sensors to create a number of various combinations of locking behavior. |
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| A type of access control device that does not require keycard insertion. |
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| Access-Control devices that use a biometric detection device as a release mechanism. |
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| A lock that ensures ability to exit. When the lock of a door fails, the door becomes unlocked. |
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| A lock that ensures entrance is prohibited. When the lock of a door fails the door ramains locked. |
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| A small phsyical enclosure that is used in secure facilities that has an entry point and a different exit point. |
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| Closed-Circuit Television (CCT) |
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| An elestronic monitorinf system. Some of thss system can be made to collect constant video feeds, whereas others route input from a number of cameras, sampling each area in turn. |
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| Alarm systems that detect movement within a confined space, and are either active or passive. |
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| A type of alarm sensor for detecting intrusions that works by detecting rates of change in the ambient temperature in the room. |
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| Contact and Weight Sensors |
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| Alarm sensors that work when contact in the alarm device is either created due to pressure, or removed due to door or window opening. |
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| A type of alarm sensor for detecting intrusion that works by detecting minute movements of the sensor cused by the vibration of the structure chared with the object being protected. |
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| Physical walls used to slow the spread of fires to particular rooms. |
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| In an office building the space abo ve the ceiling, below the floor. |
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| Devices installed and maintained to detect and respond to a fire, potential fire, or combustion danger situation. |
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| The teperature of ignition |
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| Manual Fire Detection Systems |
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| Human responses to fires, such as calling the fire department, as wellas manually activated alarms, such as sprinklers and gaseous systems. |
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| Thermal Detection Systems |
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| Fire detection systems that contain a sophisticated heat senso. There are two types, fixed temp. and rate-of-rise. |
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| A fire detection system that contains a sensor that detects when the ambient temperature is an area reaches a predetermined level. |
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| A fire detection system in which a secsor detects an unusually rapid increase in the area temperature, within a relatively short period of time. |
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| Systems that detect a potentially dangerous fire and are required by building codes in most residential dwellings and commercial buildeings |
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| A type of smoke detector that projects and detects an infrared beam across and area. If the beam is interrupted(presumably by smoke), the alarm or suppression system is activated. |
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| A smoke detection device that contains a smal amount of a harmless radioactive material within a detection chamber. When certain by-products fo combustion enter the chamber, they change the lecel of electrical conductivity with the chamber and activate the detector. |
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| Sophisticated systems that are used in high=sesitivity areas. They filter air by moving it through a chamber containing a detector. |
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| A sensor that detects the infrared or ultraviolet light produced by an open flame. |
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| Those fires that involve ordinary combustible fuels such as wood, paper, textiles, rubber, cloth, and trash. They are extinguishd by agents that interrupt the ability of the fuel to be ignored. Water and multipurpose dry cleaners |
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| Those fires fueled by combustable liquids or gases, such as colvents, gasoline, paint, lacquer, and oil. They are extinguished by agents that remoce oxygen from the fire. Carbon Dioxide, multipuorpose dry chemical, and Halon fire extinguishers are ideal for these types of fires. |
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| Those fires fueled by combustible maatals, such as magnesium, lithium, and sodium. Fires of theis type require special extinguishing agents and techniques. |
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| Devices that are designed to apply liquid, usually water, to all areas in which a fire has been detected. |
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| A type of sprinkler system that contains pressurized water in pipes and hs a valve in each protected area. |
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| A sprinkler system tht is designed to work in area where electrical equipment is used by spraying pressurized air rather than water. |
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| A sprinkler system that contains valves that are kept open, so that when the first phase of sprinkler heads are activated, the water is immediately applied to various areas without waiting for a second phase to trihher the individual sprinkler heads. |
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| A sprinkler system that has a two-phase resopnse to a fire. |
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| A form of sprinkler system that produces an ultra fine mist instead of a shower of water charateeristic of a traditional system. |
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| A fire suppresssion system active ingredient tat leaves no residue aften application, nor does it interfere with the operation of electrical or electronic equipment. |
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| The amount of moisture in the air. |
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| A process that causes static elec. and occures when two materials are rubbed our touched and electros are exchanged, resulting in one object becoming more positively charged and the other more negatively. |
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| The spark that occures when two materials are rubbed our touched and electros are exchanged, resulting in one object becoming more positively charged and the other more negatively. When a third object with an opposite charge or ground is encountered, electrons flow again and a spark is produced. |
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| Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) |
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| A threat to the hardware components of information systems that falls in the forces of nature or acts of God category because it is unexpected or can occur with very little warning. A spark produced from a buildup of static electricity. |
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| Alarm events that are accurate and noteworthy but that do not pose a significant threa to information security. Noise can also refer to any interferance in the normal pattern of an electrical current. |
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| Ground Fault Circuit Interruption (GFCI) |
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| Special grounding equipment used when electrical equipment is situated where water can accumulate. GFCI can quickly identify and interrupt a ground fault. |
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| Synonymouse with offline uninterruptible power supplies(UPS). An offline battery backup that detects the interruption of power to equipment. |
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| Ferroresonant Standby UPS |
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| A device that rplaces UPS transfer switch. The transformer provides power conditioning and line filtering to the promary power cnditioning and line filtering to the primary power source, reducing the effect of power outages. |
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| A type of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) in which the internal components of the standby models are replaced with a pair of inverters and converters. |
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| A top-of-the-line, expensive type of uniterruptible UPS that is capable of delivering a constant, smooth, conditioned power stream to computing systems. |
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| The organization responsible for signal intelligence and information system security. |
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| A program developed by the U>S> Government to reduce the risk of EMR monitoring. |
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| Offsite computeing that uses Internet connections, dial-up connections, connections over leased point-to-point links betwen offices, and other connection mechnisms. |
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| A group of indiviguals brought together through elctronic communication for a specif task, usually from different organizations, divisions, or departments. |
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