Often, information security experts just focus on attacks through a port, modem, or wireless access port and overlook the possibility of physical attacks. What would be considered a physical attack?
Explanation
Answer: C - Politically-motivated threats and manmade attacks are considered physical attacks. Physical attacks are broken into four groups: 1) Natural environmental threats, including floods, earthquakes, storms and tornadoes, fires, extreme temperature conditions, etc. 2) Supply systems threats, including power distribution outages, communications interruptions, and interruption of other natural energy resource such as water, steam, or gas. 3) Manmade threats are unauthorized access, explosions, damage by angry employees, employee errors and accidents, vandalism, fraud, and theft. 4) Politically-motivated threats, including strikes, riots, civil disobedience, terrorist attacks, and bombings.
