Handling information and physical security
Clean desks, locked screens, safe printing and sharing, badges and visitors: everyday habits that protect information.
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- About 20 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Lock your screen and keep sensitive papers out of sight.
- Share files only with the people who need them.
- Handle visitors and badges correctly.
- Report a lost device immediately.
Course outline
- 1.Handling information and physical securityVideo · 3 min
- 2.Everyday habitsLesson · 8 min
- 3.Classifying and sharing informationLesson · 8 min
- 4.Working securely from home and in publicLesson · 8 min
- 5.Handling information and physical security: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 27 questions
- 6.Laptop left on the trainScenario
- 7.Final exam7 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- ISO/IEC 27002: clear desk and clear screen, physical entry controls (control overview)
- CISA: Protecting Portable Devices: Physical Security
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