CISSP Crash Course - Resource Protection

The video tutorial discusses resource protection, focusing on various media types such as compact discs, USBs, hard drives, and mobile devices. It emphasizes the importance of storing media in secure, access-controlled, and temperature-controlled environments to prevent data loss, theft, or corruption. The tutorial highlights the need for environmental controls to extend media lifespan and suggests security measures like encryption and access restrictions. It covers backup strategies, particularly for tape media, and stresses the importance of managing the media lifecycle to prevent operational issues. The tutorial concludes with a reminder to securely destroy media that begins to fail.

What are the key factors to consider when storing media to prevent data loss?

How does temperature and environmental control affect the lifespan of media?

Why is it important to keep two copies of backups?

What is meant by managing the media life cycle, and why is it important?

What steps should be taken when media begins to generate errors?