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physical security

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

The protection of personnel, hardware, programs, networks, and data from physical circumstances and events that could cause serious losses or damage to an enterprise, agency, or institution. This includes protection from fire, natural disasters, burglary, theft, vandalism, and terrorism.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Control0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
perimeter-based security
plural
physical securities
possessive
physical security's
pluralpossessive
physical securities'