Physical Attacks

---

Physical attack is an attack directed against cabling infrastructure, hardware devices, or the environment of the site facilities hosting a network.

Environmental

Environmental attack is a physical threat directed against power, cooling, or fire suppression systems.

RFID Cloning

• RFID cloning and skimming refer to ways of counterfeiting contactless building access cards or badges:
  • Card cloning
    • Making a copy of a contactless access card
  • Skimming
    • refers to using a counterfeit reader to capture card or badge details, which are then used to program a duplicate