Vulnerability Assessment of Physical Protection Systems

Vulnerability Assessment of Physical Protection Systems guides the reader through the topic of physical security with a unique, detailed and scientific approach. The book describes the entire vulnerability assessment (VA) process, from the start of planning through final analysis and out brief to senior management. It draws heavily on the principles introduced in the author’s best-selling Design and Evaluation of Physical Protection Systems and allows readers to apply those principles and conduct a VA that is aligned with system objectives and achievable with existing budget and personnel resources.

The text covers the full spectrum of a VA, including negotiating tasks with the customer; project management and planning of the VA; team membership; and step-by-step details for performing the VA, data collection and analysis. It also provides important notes on how to use the VA to suggest design improvements and generate multiple design options. The text ends with a discussion of how to out brief the results to senior management in order to gain their support and demonstrate the return on investment of their security dollar. Several new tools are introduced to help readers organize and use the information at their sites and allow them to mix the physical protection system with other risk management measures to reduce risk to an acceptable level at an affordable cost and with the least operational impact.

This book will be of interest to physical security professionals, security managers, security students and professionals, and government officials.

Guides the reader through the topic of physical security doing so with a unique, detailed and scientific approachTakes the reader from beginning to end and step-by-step through a Vulnerability AssessmentOver 150 figures and tables to illustrate key concepts

Chapter 1: Introduction to Vulnerability Assessment
Chapter 2: Physical Protection Systems Principles and Concepts
Chapter 3: Getting Started
Chapter 4: VA Process Inputs — Establish Protection Objectives
Chapter 5: Data Collection — Intrusion Detection Subsystem
Chapter 6: Data Collection—Alarm Assessment Subsystem
Chapter 7: Data Collection—Entry Control Subsystem
Chapter 8: Data Collection—Alarm Communication and Display Subsystem
Chapter 9: Data Collection—Delay Subsystem
Chapter 10: Data Collection--Response Subsystem
Chapter 11: Analysis
Chapter 12: Reporting and Using Results

Appendix A—Project Management Forms and Templates
Appendix B—Initial Briefing Template
Appendix C—Threat/Facility Worksheets
Appendix D—Data Collection Sheets
Appendix E—Alarm Communication and Display Subsystem Criteria
Appendix F—Representative Delays
Appendix G—Results Briefing Template