Physical Security and Cybersecurity: Reducing Risk by Enhancing Physical Security Posture through Multi-Factor Authentication and other Techniques

Abstract

Physical security should be a fundamental part of our cyber security architecture and defense. Access controls, a key cornerstone in physical security, have become a weaker defense. The most common access controls, mechanical locks and proximity cards are no longer enough. New technologies and attacks have made it easier, more effective and cheaper to defeat these current systems. Today's thoughts on physical security posture needs to change because of the increasingly associated risk to data and critical resources associated with a physical breach. This paper brings a new perspective to physical security, multi-factor authentication, and other techniques to better an institutions overall security architecture.