SAMPLE TEXT on site inspection
 

Closeout inspection is usually accomplished right before a faciity is administratively terminated. During closeout inspections, all areas and containers that have been authorized for the storage of confidential material must be checked to ensure proper and complete removal.


Important: During field inspection, it is important to also observe life-safety and fire-code violations.


An inspection report should be produced after the completion of the inspection. The report should be distributed to the relevant parties in a timely manner and should require a response to any recommendations.


Important: One very important area for inspection is perimeter construction. In other words, you want to know the material used for constructing the perimeter and find out whether they should be further hardened.

 

When determining the resistance value of the perimeter, make sure you place saving life as the top most concern. This would be particularly important for facilities that are the likely targets of terrorist attack. Generally speaking, a blast resistant design would require a higher elastic region value, and a proper standoff distance would allow for the most effective resistance to blast.
 

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SAMPLE TEXT on physical security design

 

Given all sorts of real-world constraints, no security system can be completely effective against all kinds of potential threats and invasive actions. Since resources are finite, your design must be optimized in such a way that the performance goals can be successfully met within the specified limitations. A balanced approach that does not allocate all resources to any single aspect of the problem while ignoring another would be preferred.
 

Generally, there are three types of human adversaries that should be considered when designing a physical protection system. They are outsiders, insiders, and outsiders in collusion with insiders. They may use tactics of force, stealth, or deceit in achieving their wrongful goals. Adversary characteristics could be very different. This is why security systems to prevent theft and security systems to prevent sabotage (which would often include actions of vandalism) are often highly different.
 

Detection, delay, and response are the basic and most fundamental elements of a physical protection system. With these in mind when developing a security design, proper balance between hardware and procedural elements must be achieved. To be effective, physical protection should include policies and procedures designed to keep the physical protection systems functioning as intended.


NOTE: Always keep in mind, without staff commitment to the security program, your security program will never be effective. Integrating security into the culture of an organization is important. You do not expect a regular staff to become a security guard, but you should expect your full-time permanent staff force to possess the knowledge and awareness capability to detect, discern, and deny an outsider from causing an emergency situation within the organization.