Physical Security (1)

Do you know that recently it was reported by some research that claims over 10,000 laptops are lost or stolen every WEEK at US airports. So here are simple six loss prevention tips for laptop during travelling.

Preventive Control Method
1. Place your laptop in the first bin you put on the belt of the X-ray machine. You should put your laptop bag in front of it./
Put the bin with your shoes, belt, purse, wallet, etc. right behind your laptop. And your carry-on bag last. The first thing you should do on the other side is put your laptop in its bag before the other luggage crashes into it and dumps it on the floor. Your other stuff separates it from the person behind you and in front of you.

2. Mark your laptop! Put a sticker on it. I know people hate to do this. But you should identify your laptop in such a way that you can quickly identify it.
There are lots of Dell computers our there. I have almost picked up the wrong laptop on many occasions. DO NOT TAPE YOUR BUSINESS CARD TO YOUR LAPTOP. Do not become a target by letting potential laptop thieves know just how valuable your laptop may be. My favorite marker for my Dell Latitude is the white Apple sticker I got with my iPod.

3. If you lose your laptop contact the TSA immediately.
Call the airport. Take action. I bet in 99% of the cases you can get it back.

Protective Control Method:
4. Protect your information If you keep a lot of personal or financial information on your computer
Also have the tools to protect your information through

There are a lot of certification in market, from Property appraisal to Information Security, even in the one certification subject there are a lot of derivative such as Penetration Testing or Hacking certification. Some of the certification are consider good and industry see it as valuable. But others not.

American College of Forensic Examiners Institute (ACFEI) maintain Certified Homeland Security (CHS). The CHS is another kind of certification that you can apply. But anyone know, the real purpose of this certification?

Basically, there is two type of certification that you can apply for homeland security usage.

Many friend of mine keep asking me the same question when i'm performing Information System Audit in their area.
"Are you really need that document?"
"Gosh, for what? everybody understand the procedure here"

JP Callahan, a former counter-intelligence agent with the U.S. Department of Defense in techtarget.com once ever write some article that said
"...In this age of compliance and assurance, whether it's HIPAA or Sarbanes-Oxley (SoX) or National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), every audit of the IT system has some physical security component, so it's absolutely vital that the physical security program be crafted around the logical security controls...."
Security procedures are key to data center security, expert says

Even when your data center already implemented the latest technology in access control using biometric maybe. Your data center still need detailed security procedure to strengthen the security level.

So what is the ideal data center security procedure?
The best solution to deploy detailed data center security

I'm very surprised hear report from TSA (Transportation Security Administration) of US Government that said Bali Airport does not meet the security standards of the International Civil Aviation Administration. And I'm getting more surprised reading this from wikipedia, the website read by million of people and sometimes used as primary source of information.

Absolutely Bali is more famous than Indonesia, the beautiful paradise island, beach and sea. Many tourist visit Bali every day for its beautiful view and nice people. And knowing that this airport doesn't meet the international standard makes me sad. I think Indonesia government should become more serious repairing Indonesia image to the world.

The hard rain that happen in Jakarta in beginning of February 2008 made access to Soekarno Hatta Airport -primary nation gate airport- being surrounded by flood. The hard rain is not the main problem of this accident, but also the devastation of tree and green area near the airport.

Flighstats: Soekarno Hatta

Physical security describes measures that prevent or deter attackers from accessing a facility, resource, or information stored on physical media. It can be as simple as a locked door or as elaborate as multiple layers of armed guardposts.

The field of security engineering has identified three elements to physical security:
* obstacles, to frustrate trivial attackers and delay serious ones;
* alarms, security lighting, security guard patrols or closed-circuit television cameras, to make it likely that attacks will be noticed; and
* security response, to repel, catch or frustrate attackers when an attack is detected.