Summary
This activity assists in identifying potential physical security concerns at an organization,
particularly when an auditor cannot travel to the office location or cannot visit every
office location. The scavenger hunt approach is focused on involving the organization
staff members into mapping out potential threats based on the abstraction and the
gamification of the physical security mapping process. See the "Risk Hunting" exercise in
SaferJourno, page 19, for additional ideas and guidance on conducting this activity.
Overview
A local facilitator is required to lead this "scavenger hunt" where staff members seek out
potential physical security challenges themselves. This activity should only be conducted
within an environment with a high level of trust and consent. The auditor should get the
agreement from the host NGO to involve all staff members into the exercise to avoid
causing trust issues. By involving the staff members in identifying physical security risks,
you are also taking a step forward to increase awareness on these issues.
With facilitation, staff members will explore their own office looking for potential physical
security risks and share results. To reduce the risk of individual staff embarrassment, they
will first review their own working space and secure it before looking around other parts
of the office. The facilitator, in consultation with the auditor and the organizational point
of contact may declare some areas "off limits"
Materials Needed
(Optional) Mobile phone cameras (see operational security considerations)
Notepad + Pen for each staff member
Printout of example security risks
Encrypted file sharing platform (Signal)
Considerations
Reset credentials found during the process.
Any photos taken (of the map drawing or specific office areas/rooms) should be
securely deleted or taken using a secure camera app such as ObscuraCam. Photos of
keys in particular can be used to duplicate a key. The instructions below simply use
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