Countermeasures Development in the Physical Security Design Process: An Anti-terrorist Perspective (From Carnahan Conference on Security Technology, 1989: Crime Countermeasures, P 89-94, 1989, R. William De Vore, ed. -- See NCJ-117867)

• NCJ Number: 117885
• Author(s): W J Schneider; R P Grassis
• Date Published: 1989
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: Analytical System Engineering Corporation
• Sale Source: University of Kentucky
• Publication Type: Report (Technical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Paper presented at Carnahan Conference on Security Technology, Lexington, Ky, May 16-17, 1989.

Annotation

The most effective method for developing physical security measures against terrorism or other forms of attack rests on an examination of individual and collective assets from the perspectives of both the user and the potential attacker.

Abstract

The process begins with the selection of the assets that are most in need of protection. The next steps are to determine the aggressor's characteristics, analyze the attractiveness of an asset to an aggressor, identify potential modes of attack, and decide on appropriate countermeasures. The process should also include an assessment of existing protective measures and considerations of constraints on the design solution. The decisions should also rest on awareness of terrorist dynamics and of the need to develop a fully integrated security system that provides diversity, redundancy, and collective resource management. Figure. (Author abstract modified)