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Difficulty: MediumPhysical Security Controls

A network administrator is deploying new high-density servers into a shared multi-tenant colocation facility. Facility personnel provide outer perimeter security and entry logging, but technicians from other companies frequently work in the same server room. To protect the company's hardware from unauthorized direct console access and physical tampering at the device level, which physical security control should the administrator implement?

  1. A
    Facility perimeter bollards
  2. Locked server rack enclosuresAnswer
  3. C
    Privacy filters on console monitors
  4. D
    Biometric entrance mantraps

Answer

Implementing locked server rack enclosures is the correct physical security control.
Locked server rack enclosures provide physical containment at the individual cabinet level, preventing unauthorized personnel who have general access to a shared colocation floor from opening the server chassis, plugging in rogue USB devices, or accessing local console ports.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the physical security scope requirement
The requirement focuses on securing hardware equipment at the individual device level inside a shared room.
Outer perimeter controls are already managed by the facility provider, but internal multi-tenant access poses a risk to specific racks.
2
Evaluate candidate physical security controls against internal unauthorized tampering
Locked rack cabinets restrict physical access to servers, power units, and local ports exclusively to authorized personnel possessing keys or rack-level biometric credentials.
Other room-level controls permit authorized room visitors to walk up to unshielded equipment.

Key Concept

Physical Hardware Isolation and Device Security Controls
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Physical Security Controls

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