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Why physical security is important?

Because an advanced firewall and world class virus checking software doesn't help if someone can just walk into the office, sit down by a computer and do all the stuff the remote attacks or viruses tried and failed to.

Or in a context where a company is concerned about secret data: Stealing a laptop from an employee might work just as well as breaking in over the network. Plus if the employee has a VPN connection and has the password stored in the laptop, cracking the laptop would give you the network for free.

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