CAPEC-390: Bypassing Physical Security
Description
Facilities often used layered models for physical security such as traditional locks, Electronic-based card entry systems, coupled with physical alarms. Hardware security mechanisms range from the use of computer case and cable locks as well as RFID tags for tracking computer assets. This layered approach makes it difficult for random physical security breaches to go unnoticed, but is less effective at stopping deliberate and carefully planned break-ins. Avoiding detection begins with evading building security and surveillance and methods for bypassing the electronic or physical locks which secure entry points.
- Likelihood of attack
- Not rated by MITRE
- Typical severity
- Not rated by MITRE
- Abstraction
- MetaA decidedly abstract characterisation of a methodology or technique.
Mechanism of attack: Subvert Access Control
Mitigations
CAPEC 3.9 lists no mitigation for this pattern; see its child patterns or related weaknesses.
Related weaknesses (CWE)
CAPEC 3.9 links no CWE weakness to this pattern.