Lighting or Motion Detector?

About this interactive

Lighting does two jobs. Video surveillance cannot pick up what you need to act on without proper lighting, and a well-lit place deters people, because bad things happen in dark places, as in the lesson's parking garage. A motion detector detects whether someone is walking through an area and triggers an alert or a response. It is often coupled with lighting, so a floodlight comes on when someone walks past: a deterrent, and a way to know someone is there. So the two fix different problems. If people cannot be seen, or the dark gives them cover, the fix is light. If nobody finds out that someone is there at all, the fix is a motion detector. To sort a card, ask whether the problem is seeing or knowing.

What you'll learn

Decide whether a security problem at night is fixed by better lighting or by a motion detector

Aligned to

CompTIA Security+

1.2 Summarize fundamental security concepts.

Key terms

Motion Detector: A device that senses movement in a defined area and triggers an alert or response, used as a physical security control for deterrence and detection.
Video Surveillance: The use of cameras and recording systems to monitor physical spaces, deter unauthorized access, and document activity within or around a facility.
Security Deterrent: Any physical or procedural measure that discourages potential threat actors from attempting unauthorized or harmful actions.

Topics

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