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.
