Physical Security

Physical damage is attributed to one or more of the seven sources of physical loss below:

1. Temperature: Extreme variations of temperature that harm electronic devices.
2. Gases: War gases, commercial vapors, humidity, dry air, and so on. Examples include transformer explosion gas, air-conditioning failures, smoke or smog, printer liquids and toners, and cleaning liquids.
3. Liquids: Water and chemicals. Examples would be water pipe leakages, sanitary leakages, fuel leaks, spilled drinks, acids, and chemicals used for cleaning.
4. Organisms: Viruses, bacteria, people, animals, and insects (bugs!).
5. Projectiles: Objects in motion, e.g., moving vehicles, cars, trucks, and explosions.
6. Movements: Collapse, shearing, shaking, vibrations, and so on.
7. Energy Anomalies: Electric surges, failures, magnetism, static electricity, radiation, sound, light, radiowaves, and microwaves. Examples include static electricity or carpets, cosmic radiation, explosion, and decomposition of magnetic tapes.