Physical Security Assessment Handbook
eBook - ePub

Physical Security Assessment Handbook

An Insider’s Guide to Securing a Business

  1. 338 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Physical Security Assessment Handbook

An Insider’s Guide to Securing a Business

About this book

Physical Security Assessment Handbook: An Insider's Guide to Securing a Business, Second Edition has been fully updated to help you identify threats to your organization and be able to mitigate such threats. The techniques in this comprehensive book outline a step-by-step approach to:

  • Identify threats to your assets
  • Assess physical security vulnerabilities
  • Design systems and processes that mitigate the threats
  • Set a budget for your project and present it to company managers
  • Acquire the products through competitive bidding
  • Implement the recommended solutions

Each chapter walks you through a step in the assessment process, providing valuable insight and guidance. There are illustrations and checklists that help simplify the process and ensure that the right course is taken to secure your company. This book provides seasoned advice on the competitive bidding process as well as legal issues involved in facility security. After reading it, you will know how to assess your security needs, specify the right products, and oversee and manage the project and installation. It concludes with project implementation, and the necessary follow-up after installation, to verify the proper use of the new security solutions.

Physical Security Assessment Handbook, Second Edition provides a structure for best practices in both specifying system components as well as managing the acquisition and implementation process. It represents the culmination of the author's 44 years of experience in the design, installation, and project management of security system solutions. This is a valuable resource for security managers, security consultants, and even experienced industry professionals to best approach and organize security assessment projects.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. About the Author
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 The Process from 10,000 Feet
  9. Chapter 2 The Physical Threat Assessment
  10. Chapter 3 The Vulnerability Assessment
  11. Chapter 4 Analyzing the Data and System Design
  12. Chapter 5 Design, the Rest of the Story
  13. Chapter 6 Documenting the System Design
  14. Chapter 7 Presenting the Solutions
  15. Chapter 8 How to Buy Your New Security System
  16. Chapter 9 Prepare the Technical Specifications
  17. Chapter 10 Going Out for Bid
  18. Chapter 11 System Implementation
  19. Index