Ricks / Dingle Physical Security and Safety

A Field Guide for the Practitioner
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4822-2703-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 179 Seiten

Reihe: Occupational Safety & Health Guide Series

How-To Guide Written By Practicing Professionals

Physical Security and Safety: A Field Guide for the Practitioner introduces the basic principles of safety in the workplace, and effectively addresses the needs of the responsible security practitioner. This book provides essential knowledge on the procedures and processes needed for loss reduction, protection of organizational assets, and security and safety management.

Presents Vital Information on Recognizing and Understanding Security Needs

The book is divided into two parts. The first half of the text, Security and Safety Planning, explores the theory and concepts of security and covers: threat decomposition, identifying security threats and vulnerabilities, protection, and risk assessment. The second half, Infrastructure Protection, examines the overall physical protection program and covers: access and perimeter control, alarm systems, response force models, and practical considerations for protecting information technology (IT).

- Addresses general safety concerns and specific issues covered by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and fire protection regulations

- Discusses security policies and procedures required for implementing a system and developing an attitude of effective physical security

- Acts as a handbook for security applications and as a reference of security considerations

Physical Security and Safety: A Field Guide for the Practitioner offers relevant discourse on physical security in the workplace, and serves as a resource guide for security, risk management, and safety professionals.

Zielgruppe

Security management, risk managers, risk assessment engineers, safety professionals, industrial engineers, loss prevention safety management, loss control, workplace safety, safety engineers, occup. health & safety engineers, fire service protection, environmental engineers, human factors engineers in safety, industrial hyg. engineers, management decision making, total quality management, management and leadership, and can be used at osg courses such as: critical infrastructure protection, physical security, and introduction to security management.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ricks, Truett A.

Ricks, Bobby E.

Dingle, Jeffrey

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Security and Safety Planning

Theory of Security; Jeff Dingle

Concepts of Security; Bobby Ricks and Jeff Dingle

Threat Decomposition; Bobby Ricks and Tom Schneid

Risk Assessment and Security Surveys; Tom Woodall and Bobby Ricks

Community Surveys; Jarred Ball

OSHA; Tom Schneid

F ire Safety and Security; James Pharr

Writing Effective Policies and Procedures; Truett A. Ricks, Bobby Ricks, and Truett Graham Ricks

Part II Infrastructure Protection

Overall Physical Protection Program; Jeff Dingle and Bobby Ricks

Locks and Access Control; Jeff Dingle

Intrusion Detection Systems; Bobby Ricks

Security Lighting; Bobby Ricks and Truett Ricks

Closed-Circuit Television Systems; Bobby Ricks

Response Force; Bobby Ricks

Information Technology and Security; Truett Graham Ricks

Appendix: On-Site Survey Checklist

Über Autor(innen)

Jarred Ball, M.S., is a certified law enforcement instructor for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in homeland security. He has a master’s degree in safety, security, and emergency management from Eastern Kentucky University and has taught homeland security at the college level. Jarred has conducted antiterrorism risk and vulnerability assessments of critical infrastructure for the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Office of Homeland Security.

Jeff Dingle, CPP, is the director of security for PCI Gaming in Atmore, Alabama. He is a former special agent with the National Security Agency, and has held senior security management positions with both the Carter Presidential Center and corporate Home Depot. He has written and taught physical security courses for over 25 years for private companies and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), including being the program manager for the FLETC Advanced Physical Security Training Program and the Physical Security Managers Training Program. He has written numerous articles on security and has presented at industry security conferences.

James L. Pharr, M.S., is an associate professor of fire and safety engineering technology at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU). Professor Pharr specializes in fire dynamics, building and life safety, leadership, emergency scene operations, and fire investigation. Prior to joining EKU, Pharr was the emergency management director and fire marshal in Gaston County, North Carolina.

Truett A. Ricks, Ph.D., was the retired dean of the College of Justice and Safety at Eastern Kentucky University. He wrote several textbooks on physical security and crime prevention. He was the former owner of a security company and was president of his own consulting company. He was a former Certified Protection Professional (CPP).

Bobby E. Ricks, J.D., is an associate professor at Midway College. He has written books on security and management. He has been teaching security for over 25 years for private companies and for the FLE TC. He is a former special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, former director of Crime Prevention for the Richmond, Kentucky, Police Department, and was a member of the U.S. Air Force Security Forces. He has consulted with numerous law firms on security matters.

Truett Graham Ricks, MBA, works as an IT systems analyst specializing in IT security and the creation and review of IT-related policies. He has experience with a wide range of systems and clients.

Thomas D. Schneid, J.D., LL.M., is the chair of the department of safety and security in the College of Justice and Safety at Eastern Kentucky University. Tom has worked in the safety and human resource fields for over 30 years at various levels, including corporate safety and industrial relations. In Tom’s legal practice, he has represented numerous corporations in OSHA and labor-related litigations throughout the United States. He has authored or coauthored numerous texts on safety and labor law.