Your firewalls don't protect your front door. We assess your facility's access controls, surveillance systems, and physical safeguards to close the gaps that digital defenses can't address alone.
A Physical Security Evaluation is an on-site assessment of your facility's physical access controls, surveillance infrastructure, visitor management procedures, and environmental safeguards. Our team walks your building the same way a threat actor would, looking for the physical gaps that could allow someone to steal equipment, install rogue devices, access your network directly, or reach sensitive areas they should never be able to enter.
Most organizations invest heavily in firewalls, endpoint protection, and network monitoring, but overlook the physical layer entirely. A propped-open door, an unmonitored server room, or a visitor badge system that nobody enforces can bypass every digital control you've built. This module exists to make sure that doesn't happen.
"The strongest encryption in the world doesn't matter if someone can walk into your server room unchallenged. Physical security is where digital security begins."
Our physical security specialists assess every layer of your facility's defenses, from the parking lot to the server room. Each area is evaluated against industry best practices and your organization's specific risk profile.
The Physical Security Evaluation is conducted on-site by our physical security specialist, who brings over 20 years of government security experience to every engagement. The assessment combines structured walkthroughs with real-world testing of your facility's controls.
We review your facility layout, existing access control systems, surveillance infrastructure, and any known concerns before arriving on-site. This includes understanding your hours of operation, shift patterns, visitor volume, and which areas contain your most sensitive assets.
Our specialist conducts a thorough physical walkthrough of your entire facility, testing access controls at every entry point, evaluating surveillance coverage, checking sensitive areas for proper restrictions, and observing employee behavior around security protocols. We document everything with photos and detailed notes.
With your authorization, we test whether our team can gain unauthorized access through tailgating, pretexting (posing as a vendor, delivery person, or new employee), or exploiting gaps in visitor management procedures. This reveals how your physical controls hold up against real-world tactics.
Each finding is categorized by severity and mapped to the potential business impact. An unlocked server room door in a facility that handles patient data is not the same risk level as an unlocked supply closet. We prioritize findings based on what matters most to your organization.
You receive a detailed report with photographic evidence, risk ratings, and prioritized remediation recommendations. This includes both quick wins (policy changes, signage, procedure updates) and longer-term improvements (hardware upgrades, camera repositioning, access control system changes). An executive summary is included for leadership.
The Physical Security Evaluation is the P² module in the C.V.I.P²-A framework because physical access is often the most overlooked attack vector. You can have the best digital defenses in the industry, but if an attacker can walk into your building and plug a device into an open network port, none of that matters.
This is especially true for organizations with multiple locations, high foot traffic, or facilities that house both public-facing and restricted areas. Restaurants with back-office servers, medical clinics with patient records in accessible areas, retail stores with POS systems near customer zones, and manufacturing floors connected to corporate networks all present unique physical security challenges.
Compliance frameworks increasingly recognize the connection between physical and digital security. HIPAA requires physical safeguards for protected health information. PCI DSS v4.0 mandates physical access controls for cardholder data environments. NIST CSF 2.0 includes physical security as a core component of organizational protection.
Any organization where physical access to your facility could result in data theft, system compromise, or business disruption. This is particularly critical for:
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