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Authoritative and thorough update of the book referred to as the "bible" of Physical Security!

Table of Contents

Part One
1. Design and Evaluation of Physical Protection Systems
2. Facility Characterization
3. Threat Definition
4. Target Identification

Part Two
5. Physical Protection System Design
6. Exterior Intrusion Sensors
7. Interior Intrusion Sensors
8. Alarm Assessment
9. Alarm Communication and Display
10. Entry Control
11. Access Delay
12. Response

Part Three
13. Analysis and Evaluation
14. EASI Computer Model for Analysis
15. Risk Assessment
16. Transportation System application

Appendix
A. Threat tables
B. EASI Model

About the Author

Ms. Garcia is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Labs. She has over 20 years experience in Science and Engineering research, development, application, teaching, and project management experience of security systems and technology. She has been a certified Protection Professional since 1997.

Reviews

"Personally, I consider the first edition of this book to be a classic. For anyone who really knows security, this book is the bible. It is just the way it has to be done."--Dennis Giever, PhD, Dept. of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania