All visitors entering the facility should sign in and out on a visitors log, whether a pen and paper system or a computer-based system, to maintain accountability of who is in the facility. Th is system is also established for what other reasons?

Designing a new building to mitigate threats is simpler and more cost effective than retrofitting an existing building. Important security benefi ts are achieved not by hardware and electronic devices but by shrewd site selection, proper placement of the building on the site and careful location of building occupants and functions to minimize exposure to threat. Th ese factors also have the benefit of reducing operating expenses over the lifetime of the building. An obvious example of this is planning for:

A vulnerability assessment tour of a facility is designed to gather information regarding the general layout of the facility, the location of key assets, information about facility operations and production capabilities and locations and types of physical protection systems. During this tour and subsequent tours the vulnerability assessment member or team should be looking to:

Businesses face new and complex physical security challenges across the full spectrum of operations. Although security technologies are not the answer to all organizational security problem, if applied appropriately what will they provide?

CCTV technologies make possible three (3) distinct yet complementary functions: The first is visual assessment of an alarm or other event. Th is permits the operator to assess the nature of the alarm before initiating a response.What are the other two (2) functions of CCTV?

What would be the most appropriate interior sensor used for a building that has windows along the ground floor?

Security lighting for CCTV monitoring generally requires at least one (1) to two (2) footcandles (fc) of illumination. What is the required lighting needed for safety considerations in perimeter areas such as parking lots or garages?

What is the primary objective of controlling entry into a facility or area?

The key to a successful physical protection system is the integration of:

What crime reduction technique which is used by architects, city planners, landscapers, interior designers and security professionals with the objective of creating a physical environment that positively influences human behavior?