Query about Darril Gibson's definition of controls (SSCP)

Sheiko37Sheiko37 Member Posts: 214 ■■■□□□□□□□
I'm studying for the SSCP exam, reading Darril Gibson's book AIO SSCP Exam Guide. I'm confused about the categories and definitions of controls in chapter 9, he lists three:

Management/Administrative
Technical (or logical)
Physical/Operational

I have CISSP books and I can't see any listing Operational alongside Physical. In Shon's CISSP book Physical is clearly defined as relating to physical environment e.g. a fence, whereas Gibson's book includes examples like "configuration and change management practices", and "contingency planning to reduce losses after major security incidents" - wouldn't these be Management/Administrative controls? Why are they in the Physical/Operational category?

The example Gibson uses for Management/Administrative controls is "plans that help an organization respond to events" - that's basically identical to the second example in the previous paragraph for Physical/Operation controls.
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