Security Management Strategies for the CIOAccess "Physical and IT Security: Overcoming Security Convergence Challenges"
This article is part of the June 2004 issue of Exposed: Why your AV software is failing to protect you
When Philadelphia law firm Post & Schell outgrew its office space, it sought a facility that would provide adequate physical and IT security for its 350 employees, assets and sensitive client data. This job fell to Lou Mazzio, the firm's CTO. "Hundreds of concerns were thrown on the table," Mazzio says. "Could the building provide 24/7 security guards? Do you need a passcode to use the elevators? How would the layout keep nonemployees from wandering into restricted work areas? How do you protect employees from disgruntled claimants? How do you apply the same protections to computer access? And how do you protect the data center and paper-based data from fire and water damage?" The big challenge has always come from the introduction of new technology into an existing system. Charles Fletcher CIODelaware State University Mazzio had never overseen both logical and physical security, so he asked the company's facilities manager to help him select a building and design an integrated security system. Today, in the three-floor downtown office space, physical and ... Access >>>
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