Procedure to Integrate Protective Measures Over a Range of Terrorist and Criminal Threats (From Proceedings, 1990 Carnahan Conference on Security Technology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, May 2-4, 1990, P 47-52, 1990, R. William De Vore, ed. -- See NCJ-124389)

• NCJ Number: 124397
• Author(s): C P Betts
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 6 pages
• Sale Source: University of Kentucky
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The Security Engineering Design Process, developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, provides a systematic procedure for establishing the design criteria for protecting assets against criminal and terrorist threats.

Abstract

The Planning Stage is comprised of seven steps which establish either a design criteria or a piece of information needed to develop a criteria. The criteria include the assets to be protected, the threat, the level of protection, and any applicable design constraints. The 15 potential tactics included in the Security Engineering Design Process are moving vehicle bomb, stationary vehicle bomb, exterior, standoff weapons, ballistics, forced entry, covert entry, insider compromise, visual surveillance, acoustic emanations eavesdropping, electronic emanations eavesdropping, mail bomb, supplies bomb, airborne contamination, and waterborne contamination. The steps of the second, design, phase, include establishing design strategies, assessing opportunities and constraints, determining protective measures, integrating protective measures into a system, determining system cost and acceptability, and documenting the design. (Author abstract modified)