{"id":254,"date":"2025-11-27T13:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=254"},"modified":"2026-03-01T22:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T03:53:04","slug":"physical-safeguards","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/chapter\/physical-safeguards\/","title":{"raw":"Physical Safeguards","rendered":"Physical Safeguards"},"content":{"raw":"<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/chapter\/safeguard-your-data\/\">Previous Lesson<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<h4><img class=\"wp-image-766 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/11\/1-2-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1127\" height=\"785\" \/><\/h4>\r\n<h4>Lesson 3 of 18<\/h4>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><strong>Physical safeguards<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0refer to how you safeguard the physical location of your data from unauthorized access.<\/h3>\r\nSuch safeguards are important for both digital and nondigital data. For example, nondigital data and data on portable storage media may be stored in locked filing cabinets as a protective measure. For digital data, physical safeguards include the security of location in which the hardware used for data storage is kept (e.g., on a computer in a locked office rather than in a public space). Storage service providers (e.g., your institution\u2019s IT department or a commercial service provider) need to provide physical safeguards for their hardware to prevent unauthorized access to servers and data centres.\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/chapter\/administrative-safeguards\/\">Next Lesson<\/a><\/h4>","rendered":"<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/chapter\/safeguard-your-data\/\">Previous Lesson<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-766 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/11\/1-2-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1127\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/11\/1-2-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/11\/1-2-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/11\/1-2-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/11\/1-2-65x45.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/11\/1-2-225x156.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/11\/1-2-350x243.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1127px) 100vw, 1127px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Lesson 3 of 18<\/h4>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><strong>Physical safeguards<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0refer to how you safeguard the physical location of your data from unauthorized access.<\/h3>\n<p>Such safeguards are important for both digital and nondigital data. For example, nondigital data and data on portable storage media may be stored in locked filing cabinets as a protective measure. For digital data, physical safeguards include the security of location in which the hardware used for data storage is kept (e.g., on a computer in a locked office rather than in a public space). 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