Effective Physical Security

Effective Physical Security, Fourth Edition is a best-practices compendium that details the essential elements to physical security protection. The book contains completely updated sections that have been carefully selected from the authors’ work that set the standard: Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention, Fifth Edition.

Designed for easy reference, Effective Physical Security contains important coverage of environmental design, security surveys, locks, lighting, and CCTV as well as new chapters covering the latest in the ISO standards for Risk Assessment and Risk Management, physical security planning, network systems infrastructure, and environmental design. This new edition continues to serve as a valuable reference for experienced security practitioners as well as students in undergraduate and graduate security programs.

Required reading for the ASIS Physical Security Professional Certification (PSP) and recommended reading for the CPP certification Provides detailed coverage of Physical Security in an easily accessible reference format with content divided into three major parts: Design, Equipment, and Operations Each chapter is written by a recognized expert security specialist

Chapter 1: The Influence of Physical Design

Chapter 2: Risk Assessment

Chapter 3: Designing Security and working with the Architect

Chapter 4: Security Survey and The Audit

Chapter 5: Dealing with Internal Theft Controls

Chapter 6: Approaches to Physical Security

Chapter 7: Physical Barriers and Barriers

Chapter 8: The Use of locks in Physical Crime Prevention

Chapter 9: Safes, Vaults and Accessories

Chapter: 10 Security Lighting, Interior and Exterior Application

Chapter 11: Alarms: Intrusion and Fire Alarm Systems

Chapter 12: CCTV Surveillance

Chapter 13: Biometrics

Chapter 14: Access Control and Badges

Chapter 15: Security Fences

Chapter 16: Fire Classifications

Chapter 17: Bomb Threat and Physical Security Planning (NEW)

Chapter 18: Security of Networked Systems (NEW)

Chapter 19: Making Defensible Crime/Loss Prevention Using the New ISO Standards for Risk Assessment & Risk Management (NEW)

Chapter 20: Security for Networked Systems Infrastructure (NEW)

Chapter 21: Security Officers in the 21st Century

Chapter 22: Management of Bomb Incidents

Chapter 23: Information Security for Practitioners (NEW)

Chapter 24: CPTED and Physical Security (NEW)